[IELTS] Employment over the age of 60

IELTS Writing Task 2

(Question)

Some people believe that employment over the age of 60 is not right and creates lots of problems. So people should retire after 60 and not work.To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Agree

1. Cannot provide the early careers with sufficient job opportunities. For example, difficulty of getting jobs for graduating students is prevalent

2. Based on the workload, the old do not work the same intensity than in the past. However, they have far more income than young employees.

   It is acceptable since they are veterans and decent capability derived from long experiences in their fields. Exchange the generation

It is said that people who are over 60 years old are not suitable for the employment and causes a great deal of issues, so it is recommendable for them to retire. I entirely agree with the statement based on two primary reasons.

First and foremost, if the old workers keep their positions, the young workers cannot get sufficient job opportunities. In fact, it is a global tendency that difficulty of getting jobs for graduating students is prevalent. Since the youth should be the significant source for sustaining societies, it is essential for them to experience in workplaces as early as possible. This is because they need to contribute taxes to the government to finance the welfare of the elderly. Accordingly, even though the old employees are still possible to work in their companies, it is time to give chances for the young workers or professionals.

In addition to the first reason, the payment is unbalanced since workload is an issue since the old workers do not have enough strength like they had in the past. From my experience, it can be assumed that the revenue of the old employees doubled or tripled compared to the early employees. Even though it is acceptable that all employees should be rewarded on the basis of their capabilities, as a method of increasing more job vacancies for graduating students, the society can be vigorous in generating more young power. Furthermore, companies cannot be sustainable when they have full of old workers, so the exchange of the generation is inevitable for the companies to sustain for the years to come.

In conclusion, I strongly believe that through the dismissal of the old employees, a great deal of benefits can be anticipated for maintaining our society.

(300 words, 40 mins)