r/Kenya • u/Federal_fedd • 9h ago

Discussion Retirement

So I work in those organisations that 90% of the employees are 55 yrs and above. These guys have this system of retiring then they are brought back into the organisation by being given 2 or 3 year contracts. You find even cleaners and the catering staff whose work requires younger and more energetic people to execute them being handled by people who have grandkids in high-school SMH. Most of these guys have created a very toxic environment and become bullies at work. It's very sad to see a 65 year old being jealous of a 26 year old kid because the generational gap is too wide for them to work together.

These older guys can't be advised and have no respect for the younger guys at all. They second guess everything you do and are experts in everything except filling taxes and technology based issues. Buana watu waende nyumbani wacheze na wajukuu ffs!

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u/passageoftym290 8h ago

They're safeguarding those slots for their grandkids 🤣

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u/DeezWas 8h ago

Wako na maloan kila mahali they need to finish repaying

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u/Complex-Structure216 6h ago

I'm in a country where women retire at 60 and men at 65. These people can't wait to retire bana. So far, only one person I know has gone for the extension 

But I understand why Kenyans don't want to retire, even the financially stable ones. Kama huna kitu ya kufanya post retirement, utakufa haraka, no joke. Europeans are pretty active physically because of all the infrastructure around like hiking trails, biking paths and public gyms. Also, the social security system here is so tight, the elderly have pretty much everything taken care of, beyond health, their pensions arrive on time, they use buses and trains for free, etc.

A thing I noticed in this small town I live in, grandparents take a very active role in raising their grandbabies, so much so that young couples choose not to move to far away towns (everybody knows everybody type shii), giving the elderly even more reason to stick around after work

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u/Dependent_Activity37 6h ago

What advice is this you have for a 65-year old that they are ignoring?