Older workers are often overlooked in a corporate environment that places a premium on youth, and yet employees are increasingly working well past retirement age—and it could be a good thing for CEOs after all.
Although many people in the U.S. have centered their working lives around the goal of retiring before their twilight years—possibly in a beachside town in the tropics—many are staying in the workforce longer, for better or worse. One-in-five Americans over the age of 65, or about 19%, were employed in 2023, according to a December survey by Pew Research Center. That’s significantly higher than the 11% of people in the same category who were employed in 1987, according to Pew.
