of employees over the age of 65 continue to work in a truck company

At Chartreuse heavyweights, in Beaucroissant in Isère, the welder Jean-François comes to work every morning. He has 40 years of experience and should have retired a few years ago, but his pension is not asimportant. “I don’t have a big retirement, what can I still do?“, he explains. He looks young next to Gérard, so his first hiring dates back to 1947.”I have resumed an activity, I continue to come a day or two a week when they ont need me“, says the dean. He helps out even with difficult tasks.

A love of heavyweights

Gerard peels permanentinThis the specialized press so as not to miss a call for tenders. If he works, it’s for the love of heavyweights. “It’s a passion that made me earn my living“, he laughs. Gérard is still happy at work, but he does not want to show himself as an example. It’s by choice, it’s even a philosophy of life.