retirement jobs

ebeeeee
Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:50:28 +0000

Hmm. Not sure I have any great answers. I live in a touristy town and the seasonal work is very low paying and without health insurance. Unfortunately for an employer to hire anyone in your age bracket with health insurance the insurance will cost (in our area) at least $600. per month. That is for a single person with minimal coverage between the ages of 59 and 65. It’s just awful. For that reason, the work that is seasonal here has no health insurance. The only real benefit is for those who might have retired from a career where they need more social security quarters before they can collect.
I have a single friend who does a lot of housesitting. She has primarly found work in the area where she works through word of mouth. The people who own second homes or who travel a lot all seem to know each other. She got a job working for one family and they have referred her to all their friends.
That doesn’t solve the wanderlust issue though and as you pointed out you still need a place to go when there is no housesitting position available. “between jobs”. That type of work definitely doesn’t offer health insurance and generally offers no benefits as it is mostly word of mouth under the table type stuff.