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The Great Unretirement? Inflation Forces Some Retirees to Return to Work
https://www.aarp.org ^ | 5/13/2022 | By Kenneth Terrell, AARP

Posted on 05/25/2022 10:47:17 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

Rising prices are leading some retirees to think about heading back to work.

According to a survey from ResumeBuilder.com, 1 out of 5 retirees say they are likely to start working again this year. Among that group, 69 percent cited the growing costs of living as their reason for resuming their careers. Faced with the highest inflation in decades, some retirees are reconsidering whether they left their jobs too soon.

“There is no longer a retirement age, and people want to be engaged longer,” says Stacie Haller, a career consultant with ResumeBuilder. “Others are returning to the workplace for financial reasons, and in this new work world, there are now more options for them to return with the advent of remote work [and] more part-time work for older workers who cannot commit to a full workweek.”

ResumeBuilder conducted the online survey of 800 participants at the end of March. Each respondent was at least 54 years old and retired.

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“There is no longer a retirement age, and people want to be engaged longer,”
1 posted on 05/25/2022 10:47:17 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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There are probably also many people still returning to work after the pandemic.

If you want longer engagements, raise tariffs to protect US industry. Will result in fewer layoffs and more stable employment.

2 posted on 05/25/2022 10:50:19 AM PDT by DannyTN
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I have worked 3 days a week since retiring.
I would like to work more now, but Social Security says I can’t unless I want to reduce my SS check.


3 posted on 05/25/2022 10:50:20 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: RomanSoldier19
Well, the answer is simple.

All the government has to do is send everbody some free money to counteract the effects of inflation.

4 posted on 05/25/2022 10:50:29 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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Last year I came upon an opportunity to create a small business. I figured it would be nice to supplement my income as I ease into retirement. Well, the darned thing took off. We amortised our investment in two months! Now we’re talking about expansion, diversification, etc.

Why didn’t this happen when I was 20?


5 posted on 05/25/2022 10:50:55 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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Wonderful, just as the younger generations are on the verge of finally having a chance to get out of middle management and never hear the words “Can you fix my Word Document” again, their baaaacccckkk.

Please, Go away Boomers


6 posted on 05/25/2022 10:52:00 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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If you want longer engagements, raise tariffs to protect US industry. Will result in fewer layoffs and more stable employment.

Worth repeating.

7 posted on 05/25/2022 10:52:45 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Government still giving out covid-cash?


8 posted on 05/25/2022 10:52:54 AM PDT by jughandle
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To: Jeff Chandler

9 posted on 05/25/2022 10:53:16 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit; )
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To: RomanSoldier19
But at least there are no more mean tweets.

(/s)

10 posted on 05/25/2022 10:54:06 AM PDT by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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“There is no longer a retirement age, and people want to be engaged longer,”

Retirement age and collecting Medicare. Likely be forced to work until I am seventy. Unless Trump gets in 2024 and fixes my 401K (lost a ton).


11 posted on 05/25/2022 10:54:31 AM PDT by BushCountry (Jeffery Toobin is the only person at CNN that keeps his hands to himself.)
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“ Please, Go away Boomers”

Believe me, we want to, we are trying to, stop electing Democrats…stop giving us The Squad and Stacey Abrams, stop letting them get away with fraud…and we will, happily.


12 posted on 05/25/2022 10:55:08 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (Make Orwell Fiction Again)
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To: RomanSoldier19

We are all ‘Boxer’ from Animal Farm; worked into the grave and then unceremoniously shipped off to the glue factory when we are no longer useful to our “betters”.


13 posted on 05/25/2022 10:55:23 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: vikingd00d

14 posted on 05/25/2022 10:59:14 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit; )
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I’m not returning to work. No way, no how!

Our home is paid for so we have a place to live (as long as we can pay the property taxes), and we have two paid-for vehicles. So, all we have to have is enough funds to pay the power bill, insurance, and a few groceries each week. If things get so bad that we can’t manage those few things, then our entire nation is at the point where we all may as well “kiss our [backside] goodbye!


15 posted on 05/25/2022 11:04:45 AM PDT by CFW
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Well I’m retiring end of July and am 65. SSI can keep the extra bucks as I want off this clown car!


16 posted on 05/25/2022 11:06:45 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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Because you weren’t as smart back then.


17 posted on 05/25/2022 11:07:44 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: RomanSoldier19

my husband works part time, and i’d much rather work for the home than go get a crapola retail job.
I’m not lazy- but i’m not crazy about customer service, and there’s always a customer.


18 posted on 05/25/2022 11:08:22 AM PDT by ronniesgal (is it safe?)
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Great, just what we need, wage suppression thanks to retirees who are already better off than most of the country returning to the workforce to undercut the rest of us.


19 posted on 05/25/2022 11:08:28 AM PDT by Boogieman
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I know a lot of people in this category. Many of them were offered early retirement packages that were offered to them during the "COVID" shutdown. It looked appealing back then as it seemed that nothing was going to ever get back to normal.
20 posted on 05/25/2022 11:15:47 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,079,537 active users on Truth Social)
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