Can the Office Gray Gracefully?
by Neale Godfrey, Financial Literacy Expert, President & CEO, Children's Financial Network Inc.
Oct 18, 2018
3 minutes
Remember the good old days when your career goal was to be employed by one company and stay there until your glorious retirement? In fact, over 40% of Baby Boomers stayed with their job for more than 20 years, and 18% stayed at least 39 years, according to a NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey.
Pensions and stability were clearly driving forces. You could then look forward to your retirement party, which would include a toast to your long service, a gold watch and a pension that, along with Social Security, would guarantee you a financially secure life. But, as Elsa exclaimed in , "Let It Go!" (Not that she was thinking of retirement.)
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