Peculiarities of Russian employers' perception of the problem of employment of the older generation: the experience of sociological analysis

The article presents a description and methodological generalization of the materials of a field sociological study devoted to the problems of identifying and analyzing the attitude of modern Russian employers to the assessment and organization of employment of people of older (retirement and pre-retirement) age. The study was conducted by the method of focused group interviews with representatives of employers. The article presents the arguments of the participants of the groups on various aspects of involvement in the work of the older generation. Such aspects as labor discipline, attitude to work, attitude to retirement, strategic decisions to continue or end a career are considered. It is worth noting that the above statements are only representations of employers about people of the older age group. Moreover, employers talk about active pensioners, those who come to the personnel management service and talk about their work. Surprisingly, very few working pensioners and pre-retirees caused a negative reaction from the personnel service. This can be justified by the active lifestyle of the older generation. Almost all working pensioners lead an active lifestyle, play sports according to their capabilities, which allows them to maintain physical and working shape. The closer the retirement age approaches, the less the desire to retire. And this is not always due to financial difficulties. It is more important to be in a team, to feel useful to society. There are isolated cases of demotion at retirement age. Conclusions are formulated and recommendations are presented on improving the systemof involving older people in labor activity from the perspective of solving the social and organizational and managerial tasks that arise at the same time.