Retirement can be boring but working keeps you stimulated, say older workers
After working for two years in his substantial Gold Coast garden, Lawrence Waterman realised he found retirement extremely dull. He is one of a growing number of Australians who are both willing and able to stay in work beyond what we have traditionally thought of as "retirement age" 25 per cent of the staff are over the age of 50 at one garden supplies business on Queensland's Gold Coast. "Older workers actually are more loyal to organisations than younger workers are, they tend to stay with employers for a long time and they don't take very many sick days," Professor Kulik said. Cognitive stimulation is one of the key advantages older people get from staying in the workforce, along with financial stability and social contact, Professor Kulik said. "Instead of thinking about what is the career I'm going to have, think about what's the first career you're going to have and then maybe around age 30, age 35 start thinking about what the next career might be," Professor Kulik said.
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