I did not plan on retiring. The economy did that for me. Nobody is hiring 60+ year old chemists, no matter what kind of experience & references you have. I had intended to work until I could no longer drive.
Now I'm doin' the skiing in Mont. that the rest of America doesn't want to do.....
“I did not plan on retiring. The economy did that for me.”
They really should change the wording from people “retiring” to people “being retired”; it certainly would be more accurate. The fact is that people in your demographic often had slaries and benefits that companies wanted eliminated, and you were probably a casualty of that process. They’re continuing to move down the age/wage ladder to end up at a level where a young person can pay a share of rent and buy basic necessities; families and homes and no longer in the cards for younger American workers (in most cases).