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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.

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As a millennial, I probably would also want to work a bit in retirement for fun, but not like the job I work now, something more chill or maybe freelance projects.

Obviously that'd require having lots of retirement savings so that working isn't a requirement

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lots of people start their working careers with the mindset of continuing to do some form of work in retirement. As you get closer, that opinion often changes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair, guess we'll have to see :p

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In the meantime, enjoy the ride!