I'm in an industry where 'boomers' are retiring like flies. Not a single one hasn't looked sprightly, less grey and so so happy when I run across them by chance a few months later. I conclude that retirement (on a decent pension) is very very good.
The flip side is that there is a dirge of employable youth to replace them. Sure, lots of applicants, and even when you filter them according to 'willing and able to learn' for the most part they are spoiled, cell-phone addicted little shitters with a well honed sense of entitlement. I have, actually and for real, been asked "how much vacation time do I get" before the interview has even started.
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