should age or fitness be a criteria for retirement

I would like to support both fitness and age. Fitness, as well said that physical fitness has nothing to do with mental fitness and as far as experience goes it really does matter in the corporate world. But there might be few sectors where physical fitness matters a lot but I don't think the majority of people after gaining experience would fall into that category.

As per my opinion on the basis of fitness of human beings retirement process should be processed as we cannt measure a specific person in terms of age . i think whenever a man can do a particular job as per his/her fitness that one is the perfect meassure of a human beings for his retirement time.

In my opinion neither age nor fitness can be the prime deciding criterion. Being young or fit is never a guarantee that one can perform at work place. Especially when one is in senior managament role he becomes inexpendable only due to his expertise & talent that he has accrued thru ages. 

My age is 55 ! Do you think, I should retire ... ?

I feel I have just started and miles to go and journey has just begun. Fitness is all in the state of mind and I feel I have great worth to contribute !

I have seen people past 70-80 more young than 30-40 without any grey/white hairs; Of Course, I am not that fit compared to 30 & 40's, but I can be fit/healthy, if I try, make some efforts, take proper care/treatment etc. and keep myself aligned to natural principles etc.

Whether a person needs to retire depends entirely on his worth and contribution he can make ... Maturity and experience does count along with intrinsic worth, which needs to be taken into account while considering retirement ...

Even retired soldiers are asked to get ready for emergency.........it is fitness that rules whether person is young or old..........also it can depend on the certain range of job profiles for the aged ..........and also fitness can vary from person to person in the old age.

Age can never be a factor. Fit people can definitely work better other than the age criteria.

I still go with Fitness!

Tnx for the referral Mr.Vijay.

This question had been earlier asked by Devi, in Too-steps already?

Anyhow, I’ll pen down my thoughts once again. Retirement is a word which has very negative meaning. Coz, a Man as long as his existence is there, he keeps on gathering experiences ie “Anubhav Dhara”. The day he stops gathering experiences, he ceases to exist.

Now the examples that U have quoted about Hussain, Mandela etc, speak itself, that the body of the man may not be as active as it was say at the age of 30 or 40, but what about his Mind?

Which has grown and procuring thoughts even if he may not be as physically active at a ripe age say 65 or 70 yrs. But he is still not retiring from LIFE. Thus retirement from work, does not mean that he needs to sit idle and do nothing, even if the System has put him in the category of “Retirement”. It’s just that he needs to find a vocation which is suitable to his current status, ie physiological and psychological.

what would you prefer young and unfit or old and fit. The answer is obvious. Yet we force people into inactivity once they have reached a certain age.

A Hussain at 95 or a Zohra at 90 or a Mandela have the energy that puts a youth to shame. While there a cases and cases of people in their 40's who have due to sheer negligence have lost their zest for life, have lost their quest for learning, have lost their enthusiasm to compete, have ------just lost it.

Retirement should be an individual decision taken in consultation with management. As long as the person is a positive contributor and brings value on the table there should be no reason to force him into inactivity.

Vijay Raut

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