The right to work and the aspirations of young people in their fifties

«Cara Antonella, I would like to ask you what you think of middle-aged people who want to get involved to change some aspects of life that usually take place at a young age, such as work.

In particular, I find it strange those who, at the age of 50 or 55, present themselves in competitions to become managers in public administrationswhile having a job, only to change his life.

I wonder if it’s right to “steal” the place of a 30-year-old, given that there are often very few places available. Does this make sense? To me they look like those who decide to enroll in medicine at the age of 50…».
Catherine

There are questions that, rather than claiming an answer, serve to open our eyes to ourselves. Catherine’s question is among them.

I published almost all of it to see if it has the same effect on you, middle-aged, as it did on me.

I think that, like me, you are thinking that retirement at 50/55however many mechanisms there may be to anticipate it (we already talked about it a few columns ago), it is still far away. But overcoming this technical aspect, the underlying question is about our aspirations and how we see ourselves.

Perhaps we are not the first to think that at 50 life can reserve a “second half”. On the other hand, we are certainly the generation that grew up in the 80s, that of the eternally young and non-stop fun, like Fiorello and Jovanotti.

If we were to rewrite the message on Ferragni’s stole in Sanremo, we would imprint the phrase “think young”. Are we incurable children or just selfish old men?

Praise to those who enroll in Medicine at 50! Who does it hurt? But if a 30-year-old thinks she won’t pass an executive competition because a 50-year-old “who wants to change his life” will steal her job, there is something wrong.

Dear Cate, there are far too many qualified positions in PA these days, it is a pity that young people desert the competitions and sometimes retire despite having passed them. True, the pay is not princely and the work is boring. But even we, fans of happiness, never thought that the right to work included the right to have fun. First living…

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