bad news they are going to live longer and healthier lives, which means there may not be the Social Security Safety net for them by the time they reach retirement age. Consequently, when they join the work force, they can expect their employment to extend beyond a 30 to 35 years to 50 years and beyond. However, from a positive perspective, this protracted employment period provides them the ability to modify their career in alignment with their changing abilities or interests into proposed 20-year segments as they age. Additionally, Dr. Mitchell has stated that actuaries are now projecting our Gen-Z kids could reach the ripe old age of 125. Yep, looks like retirement takes on a whole new set of rules for Gen-Z and their children. And in regard to 125th birthday, I am all for a long life, but I am not sure I want try to or even could extinguish 120-plus birthday cake candles!
So in summation and putting the subject of
retirement into perspective — when should you pull the trigger on your career and fl y blissfully off into the sunset? It’s a good question — one only YOU can answer. Retirement is and should be an individual
choice and not affi xed to a mandated and outdated age prerequisite. And don’t let societal, or an individual’s pressure bulldoze you into making the decision one way or the other. If you enjoy what you are doing, and the job generates a feeling of accomplishment stay with it. If retirement fi ts your plans, go for it and enjoy. However, in either case be prepared — make fi nancial and diversional career or leisure plans for the time when the mental or physical demands of your current career tell you it is time. And remember, at the end the day if you are a Seasoned Citizen over 60, working or retired, you can still get a senior discount at Ben & Jerry’s — and they don’t check ID.
Mike Broderick has been an A&P Technician since 1971. During his career he has worked as a shop and hangar technician; fi eld tech and customer support rep, and owner of a Part 145 engine overhaul facility. He was also the VP of Business Development at H.E.R.O.S. Inc.,
which is a Part 145 repair station for the Rolls-Royce 250 engine, and a Honeywell fuel system overhaul agency.
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