Posts Tagged ‘retirees back to work’

Will You Spend Your Golden Years Under the Golden Arches?

Grocery store baggers, gas station attendants, store clerks and latte servers – service jobs like these don’t pay well, but in a stagnant economy, an unexpected contest is now brewing between two generations vying for the few jobs that remain available.

Typically, service sector jobs attract young applicants in their teens and twenties, but after watching their retirement savings dry up, many retirees are headed back to work, competing with Gen-Xers for whatever entry-level jobs they can find. Read more »