It is always heart breaking news when an adult worker who has been in employment, day in day out, year after year is told that they are no longer needed due to the collapse of an industry, downsizing, lay-offs, erosion of brand names and so forth.
For many workers, a job is more than a means of a livelihood: It provides for them a structure around which they design their lives. They know where to go to when they get out of bed every morning. Some people get into depression when business situations demand that they take early retirement because they feel that they are no longer needed by the same organization they have worked in for years.
That is why you, the employer, should care and offer such workers some kind of help in some way. The least any employer should do is to show such workers that there is more in store for retired or retrenched persons. You the employer should help them walk out the closed door to find an open door in which they will be needed; by making use of the talents and skills they have.
We have been running a program (I Want Me Back) that has had tremendous impact in a number of organizations in such situations and we would be more than willing to partner with your organization in helping your retirees find a new bearing in life. For any enquiry, please write to us or call us.