Based on my conversations with retirement or near retirement age individuals I know in the US… Many decided to retire due to: - fear from covid - COVID restr

Based on my conversations with retirement or near retirement age individuals I know in the US… Many decided to retire due to: - fear from covid - COVID restrictions - office racism & political ideologues (aka blocked promotions, struggle sessions, etc) - rejection of vaccine mandates All the above I’ve seen multiple people (in each bucket) retire for in the past two years. I also know multiple young people who switched roles for the same reason. One buddy of mine worked in an out patient surgery center on contract (he’d work / sell machines for a fee per-surgery). After a 12-18 months of sparse work he had to switch jobs (and was living on food stamps at this point). I hired him for odd jobs to help him pay the mortgage. He started his own business and is doing okay now ~12 months in.