Only around one-third of workers expect to be more financially secure next year than they are now, a new report finds.
  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    78·
    1 year ago

    Gen X checking in. What happens when I can no longer work or no one will employ me, but I cannot afford to retire?

      • LSNLDN@slrpnk.net
        28·
        1 year ago

        Ohhh so that’s why I was told I’ll never be able to retire, because I can’t afford a car! Makes sense now

    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
      21·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been pondering this one myself for awhile. I knew a decade ago that, barring massive financial change, I would never be able to afford to retire. So these are the options:

      • Work until I die
      • Work until I can’t (or nobody will hire me/pay a living wage), live off of savings until I can’t, then die
      • Stop working, live off of savings until I can’t, then die

      The first two are the default and just kind of accepted by society as fair and just. The last one, strangely, gets all sorts of pushback, even though the only material difference is 20-30 years of mundane toil to make line go up.