Sunday, July 09, 2006

Elderly are active at work

I stayed at a resort hotel outside of Munich to attend the World Cup match.

On my arrival, an elderly German (who looked nearly 70) helped me to carry my luggage to my room. He looked fit and strong.

Over the next few days, I met a few elderly persons working in the hotel. They include the night front desk attendant and the health center attendent. The elderly attendants was quite prominent - always attentive, always helpful, always cheerful.

The hotel also had younger employees dressed in the attractive Bavarian costumes.

Germany has a way of keeping their elderly people active at work.
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2 comments:

Cliff said...

Mr Tan, I came to your blog at the recommendation of Mr Wang, the blogger. I am glad I did. For a CEO to explain and respond to customer/reader queries in a fine balance of professionalism and candidness, you are years ahead of your contemporaries.

Thank you, I will be sure to re-visit your blog regularly.

July 09, 2006 3:32 PM
Felix Ng said...

Mr Tan,

Germany has a welfare system, whereas Singapore does not. Germany government subsidies the employer to use retirees. Singapore government do not. The retirees at Germany feel that they are contributing back to the society. Singaporean retirees do it for a living. It is quite sad to see that our Singaporean seniors are working as very low value added work, for example as cleaners. What you think is a right formulae?

At the same time, if someone is to employ a retiree. How much you think it is the right amount to pay a retiree to work ? Say as a health centre attendant? or at the front hotel officer? Does the employer pay them by hour or month?

July 13, 2006 11:47 AM

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