Are there any good jobs for retirees?

i baby sat my grandson 35'00 a week from 6'30 til 2 then went to a day care from7 til 2'30 for 50'00 a week-i had to quit because the dr gave me the wrong pill and i was sick for 3 months--but i cussed her real good but they always blame it on the nurse
 

To answer the OP - - There probably are (good jobs for retirees) but I want none of them. Retired a 58 and have managed to reach 86 without the need for work, whether to fill empty time or the need for additional funds.

We've managed to squeak along financially and we've always enjoyed our leisure time and sometimes wish we had more of it. Maybe if I was alone without family nearby I'd see it differently.

When it comes to choices, "To each his own"
 
jeremygolan said:
I retired about a year ago from my full time job as a teacher. however i get bored sometimes and would like to know what kind of work is out there that’s fun, safe, and pays reasonably well.

Thanks :)
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Would your prior job as a teacher make it possible to tutor ?
 

I took a seasonal job after I retired from my full time job. I worked full time for 6 months and then it was time to go do what we wanted to do.
We hitched up our travel trailer and went off to see the country. That was far better than any part time job. The seasonal job was with the AAA motor club in St Petersburg FL.
 
Busy hardware stores. Great fellow employees and fun to talk to customers. Oh, and learn how to self do everything.
 
Allin said:
I was dealing with the same sort of boredom after I retired from my lifelong job, but now I am newly employed as a Walmart greeter. It might not pay great, but it's decent enough and it's a fairly interesting job. As long as you're friendly, helpful, and know how to smile, you're qualified. Pain-free and a great way to kill free time.
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But you have to stand up the whole time, correct?
 
For the past year I’ve worked about 15 hours/week at our local nature center as one of 3 front desk attendants. The three of us, each of us being 72, split the shifts. I work all day Sundays, half day Mondays, and fill in other hours as needed. It’s been great, for the most part. I make $12 per hour, with no benefits, of course.

There was a time when the director was texting or calling a lot, for extra shift coverage. I finally had to tell him I wasn’t interested in anything more than my standard shift and that I didn’t like the feeling of being on call. I do take off weeks at a time for visits to my daughters, one in California, the other in Berlin. That was a requirement I told them about during the interview.

The extra money pays for dental, new tires, things I need fixed on the house. It’s a good gig for me and although I get bored out of my mind at times and find myself walking laps inside the nature center (I don’t sit still very well), I do appreciate the $. I’m not one who gets bored at home, I always have about a dozen art or garden projects going on at a time. I find there are less hours in a day since I retired than there were before!

A positive side of this job is that there have been times when brainpower was needed, and did I ever notice it… my boss put me in charge of the gift shop. Keeping up with inventory, making a report each month, adding new items, etc. Additionally, I need to ring up both cash and credit card sales. The last time I had a job doing that was in high school when I worked part time at a local dry cleaners. Sheesh!
 
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Many years ago, make that many, many years ago, I was a penniless student, such was my lot that I considered giving up my studies and get a full time job. By way of good fortune a fellow student's father had his own staff agency, hiring out skilled workers to companies who needed short term hire to cover things like staff shortage, staff annual leave, sickness absence and other temporary vacancies.
Following a chat with that staff agency fellow and with some financial help from my own father, I took lessons to drive, and gain, the heavy goods licence required by UK law, in order to drive trucks. I drove for the agency at weekends and occasionally during holiday periods when the college was closed.

Fast forward fifty years or so, retirement was upon me but I wasn't ready for it. Talking to one of the managers of a company that traded with the firm that I worked for, he was surprised to learn that I held such a licence and asked if I had kept it up to date. Indeed I had. He smiled and said: "You could be just the fellow that I need. His fleet of trucks and trailers were serviced, repaired and maintained by a company about twenty miles from his firm, would I be interested in running those vehicles to and from the service centre? Yes please!

A couple of months ago, retirement loomed again, the insurers of the transport company were getting quite pedantic about my age, so off into the sunset I had to go. But it was enjoyable whilst it lasted, it wasn't industrial work in the sense of having to get my hands dirty and I got to engage with others. All in all it really was more a hobby than work, though I didn't object when the wage went into the bank.
 
I did computer repair work for a couple years, but people were too pushy and cheap. They also thought one job covered all subsequent jobs and thought they could bother me whenever they wanted.

Now when people have tech problems, I just type out the solution for free and go away. They get rude but I don't care. I'm back to enjoying retirement.
 
Best jobs for retires are those where your years of experience come into play. A lot of experience has been lost in the rush to cut cost and remove "old wood". Old wood took the experience with them and the new wood doesn't have a clue.
 

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