Traditionally, retiring entails leaving the workforce permanently. However, experts found that the very definition of retirement is also changing between generations.

About 41% of Gen Z and 44% of millennials — those who are currently between 27 and 42 years old — are significantly more likely to want to do some form of paid work during retirement.

This increasing preference for a lifelong income, could perhaps make the act of “retiring” obsolete.

Although younger workers don’t intend to stop working, there is still an effort to beef up their retirement savings.

It’s ok! Don’t ever retire! Just work until you die, preferably not at work, where we’d have to deal with the removal of your corpse.

  • ZzyzxRoad@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    So sick if seeing these articles framing “millennials/gen z killed xyz” as a preference or a want.

    Remember when we killed the diamond wedding ring industry? We can’t pay our rent ffs.

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      1 year ago

      They used to advertise a diamond engagement ring as costing ‘three months’ salary’ since that was painful, but affordable.

      Who can afford to sacrifice one month’s salary anymore?