Nudging an Older Co-Worker to Retire? Think Twice….

The Washington Post’s magazine section runs a Work Advice column by Karla Miller.  A recent question was intriguing:

As a longtime colleague of Susan’s, I’ve been asked by her boss to feel out whether she really means to leave the office only if “taken out in an ambulance or a coffin” (the boss’s words). I agree that it is probably time for her to retire (she is financially well off), but I also know she gets great satisfaction from her work. Should I broach the subject with Susan as a caring co-worker?

The response urges caution in participating in the employer’s plan, observing bluntly “that smells like a steaming heap of age discrimination.”

For the full discussion, See @Work Advice: Putting the Old, Gray Co-Worker Out to Pasture.