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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 01:04 PM Mar 2017

Aging Out Of The Work Force Is Younger Well Before Retirement In New Corporate Model.

By the time a worker is 40 or 45 they are already aging out of the work force like an old athlete. If you seriously look at what is happening to the work force, even if you have been fortunate to have a career with a good job, which is disappearing fast, you will be too old for sure by the time you get to 50.

Then it is off tot the minor leagues in the second string job market. No benefits, part time, temporary, itinerant, red shirt et al jobs are in your future. That means low pay, inconsistent income, no benefits, sporadic work hours and work at will on steroid.

Older workers will join the low wage workers no matter how much experience they have. They will have aged themselves out of the labor market. So if you do not have a nest egg by then you are done.

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