As Americans Age, More Are Working Into Their 80s

Sometimes Fred Strnisa thinks about retirement. When he sees familiar names in the obituaries, or when the winter wind whips his upstate New York home, Strnisa, 81, wonders if maybe it’s time for him to stop working as a professor of semiconductor manufacturing and...

Is Gig Work The New Retirement Plan?

Life expectancy at birth is now 77, 15 years later than in 1935 when the U.S. adopted 65 as the official retirement age. The prevalence of centenarians — people over the age of 100 — in our population has doubled. Many people are choosing to spend those extra years in...

More Companies Call For Return Office

This is all part of a larger trend we’ve been seeing. This fall, employers all across the country are rolling out stricter requirements for in-person work. The financial firm BlackRock has asked people to come in four days a week, up from three. Amazon says some...