When a person has spent a lifetime passionately pursuing a job that was not just a profession but also a vocation, retirement is certainly not easy. I can well understand the need to continue to contribute the knowledge you have acquired to society. Of course, there are various opportunities for voluntary work in different professional groups. But it also takes luck and the right network of contacts.

Seniors@Work is a platform that anyone and everyone can access. This is a fundamentally appealing approach. The idea: private individuals, companies and associations advertise work that is carried out by senior citizens. On the other hand, this is also a balancing act. As useful as the employment and appreciation of "seniors" willing to work is, it would be critical to compete with the regular labor market with free or cheap labor without complying with the legal requirements that apply to other providers. Specifically - if the offer would jeopardize the jobs of people with small jobs or older employees in the "normal" economy.

Seniors@Work is obviously aware of this danger. Founder Alexis Weil emphasizes that only jobs that would never come about in the normal job market should be carried out. We hope that Seniors@Work succeeds in this balancing act as well as possible. One indicator of this could certainly be the regularity and nature of the work.

If the separation from the regular labor market is successful, then Seniors@Work can become a success story - we wish the start-up all the best.