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Fortune
Orianna Rosa Royle

Baby boomer and late Gen X men are ‘unretiring’ or planning to because they can't afford to kick up their feet in the current climate

Mature businessman on a coffee break (Credit: Getty Images)

After decades of grinding, most people aspire to one day be able to kick up their feet (preferably at a holiday home by the beach) and retire. But after having a brief taste of retirement, a sizable chunk of pensioners are dusting off their suits and returning to work instead.

In fact, a survey of more than 6,300 U.K. adults for Standard Life, part of the nation's largest long-term savings and retirement business, found that 14% of baby boomers and late Gen Xers have already “unretired”—and a further 4% are considering it.

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