Posted on 07/16/2018 9:56:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Soon after Ilana Benet retired from her job as a labor and delivery nurse, it hit her: She missed the babies. And her employer missed her.
Ms. Benet, a registered nurse, had worked at Montefiore Health System in the Bronx for 40 years before retiring two years ago at age 60.
As a grandmother of 10, Ms. Benet wanted to spend more time with her family. But she quickly realized — within weeks — that she wasn’t ready for full retirement.
Montefiore was ready to welcome her back. The hospital system developed an informal program to rehire some retired nurses after analysts noticed that almost half of the nursing staff was nearing 50. Though the hospital didn’t yet have a nursing shortage, managers wanted to prevent one, according to Maureen Scanlan, the hospital’s vice president of nursing and patient care.
Within weeks of leaving, Ms. Benet was back on the maternity floor, hired as a freelancer at $60 an hour — pay that she earns in addition to her pension.
These days, she puts in two 12-hour shifts per week. There are no restrictions on the number of hours she can work as a freelancer, but Ms. Benet thinks two days are enough. “When I’m done,” she said, “I go home and get to be a grandma again.”
At a moment when the unemployment rate is low, hovering around 3.9 percent, some employers are turning to their pool of retirees to fill holes in their staff.
“In a tight labor market, firms find recent retirees increasingly attractive,” said Kathleen Christensen, who funds research on aging and the American labor market at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. “Their skills are up-to-date, they possess critical institutional knowledge, and they can mentor younger workers.
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Before Trump policies tighted the labor market, we were treated like disposable tissue. I LOVE being back to work, making more than I ever did with the crooks whom I used to work for . . .
I have worked full-time as a Physician Assistant for 42 years. I’m 66. Now I’ve formed my own contractor company and I have found that the demand for Locum Tenens (part-time) work in my field is great. I can work where I want, when I want, and as much or as little as I want. I’m not ready to hang up my stethoscope for good but I’m not ready for full retirement either. There was very little of this kind of work available prior to 2016. More winning!
I want employers stabbing each other in the throat with knives for employees, like they were in the 90’s.
Most HR managers are among the last to report for work and among the first to leave. They look for excuses to get rid of older employees, particularly if they have a lot of accumulated vacation time to steal. They even have software which scans for certain keywords so they can trash about 85% of the resumes they receive without even bothering to read them.
That was then. This is now. It might even temporarily dampen the ardor of power hungry leftists to go into HR work because, for a change, they actually have to work.
Many retirees take the job because they don’t need the money! The employers get the work done for peanuts.
Hey Granny, get out of the way and give a kid a chance.
My old employer could kiss my ass and I still wouldn’t return. If they did a better job respecting their employees rather than treat them like a number perhaps more can be arranged/worked out. In the meantime I’m refurbishing a classic victorian whose value goes up even if I do nothing to it. I’m not exactly a skilled craftsman but I’m sure having a lot of fun. The untapped potential of retirees would do our economy good especially when you look at the poor schools out there that teach nothing valuable. To each his own I guess.
heh, heh, heh......I can’t afford to go back to work.......
I retired when I reached 60. Four years later, I have yet to miss working and I can’t imagine ever wanting to return to the workforce.
Many retirees take the job because they don’t need the money! The employers get the work done for peanuts.
Hey Granny, get out of the way and give a kid a chance.
I retired and went to work as a consultant. I don’t work for peanuts and the “kids” can’t even compose a decent business letter or proposal.
most people who really love their jobs and the people they work with quickly find that full time “retirement” is a big bore and that they have become pretty isolated from the world in general, when just days before they were fully engaged ... usually, gradual “retirement” is the best way to wind down if possible if one wants to retire at all ...
“I want employers stabbing each other in the throat with knives for employees, like they were in the 90’s.”
absolutely. Employers are forced to treat their workers well and pay them well ...
I was a contract programmer the last 10 years of my working life. Loved the work and thought I'd keep working until I started to drool on the keyboard. Retired at 65 and figured I'd take an occasional short-term gig since the money was good. Once I settled down, I found too many other things to do and never worked at the trade again.
I loved my job. It’s the employer that made it bad. It’s called leaving the workers alone and let them do their jobs. Not human nature.
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