Indeed, that's what I and many of my retirees are wrestling with. As self-employed my entire life, my social security payouts are not that good. And though I was on track to have a comfortable retirement, the whole covid debacle screwed that.

I've been working since I was 8 years old. But now even though I am able to do retail, office work, many of the things that help a company run, I can't find a job.

It turns out AI is doing the analyzing. So you fill out an application on indeed.com, and the company is too lazy to take a look at it. They run it through AI and AI recommends the best candidate. So there's not even the ability to have a sit-down conversation with the owner of the company or the hiring people.

I've spoken with many seniors who have great work ethic, and who would be happy with a part-time job, which means little to no benefits being paid out for them.

Yet we find ourselves not only with a crappy social security payment, we can't find any jobs to supplement it. So I have no sympathy for a company who complains that the new generations don't show up for work or find reasons to go home early. When all of these seniors would be very happy to have that job and would do it well.