In his book Inevitable Surprises: Thinking Ahead in a Time of Turbulence (Gotham Books, 2003), the American futurist Peter Schwartz talks about how in the future older people will be managing households, so the definition of "retirement" will change once again. Thus when workers with a lot of seniority retire from the office it will no longer necessarily represent a dramatic life change.
美國的未來學專家舒瓦茲在《未來在發酵》一書中，論及未來世界將是高齡者當家，使得「退休」定義也將重新改變，因此即使資深員工從職場退下來，也不一定代表一種劇烈的生涯轉變。