Urban Indians must 'work till 75, can't retire': HR professional's LinkedIn post sparks discussion

A LinkedIn author and HR specialist suggested that urban Indians will have to work until 75 and that “no such thing as retirement in this new age,” prompting a discussion. "The only way to retire is to leave urban India and move away into the hills to be incognito,” Seema Raghunath stated. “If you insist living in the buzz (cities), be ready to move your bones even with arthritis.”

Raghunath claimed the “global economy will not allow it” and that it will “be impossible to sustain on one job and one salary. "She also noted that “2027 onwards after AI kicks in, majorly nothing you knew so far will be like it was.”Raghunath even discredited equities investing, claiming that "all investment plans that say they carry risk will only prove to be right" and that day trading is only "as good as race horse betting."

It may be the case that attending a trade school to obtain blue-collar skills like working part-time as a carpenter, mason, or plumber will "pay better than these investments."