HDA Retirement Survey Results

HDA, an international Human Capital Consultancy, recently conducted a survey among retired people, which for the first time has provided metrics on the beneficial effects of attending a pre-retirement workshop.

The survey asked a number of things, including asking individuals to rate how they were enjoying retirement ñ either as ëFantasticí, ëEnjoying ití, ëItís OKí, ëNot enjoying ití, ëHate ití. The results showed that those who had been on a pre-retirement workshop (just under 25% of respondents) were consistently enjoying it more ñ in fact the level of enjoying retirement increased by 30%. In particular, respondents were much more likely to say retirement was fantastic, rather than just enjoyable, if they had been on a workshop. At the other end of the spectrum it was exclusively those that hadnít been on a workshop who said they werenít enjoying retirement or hated it.

In terms of relationships, 10% of those who hadnít been on a workshop said that their relationship had deteriorated, whilst everyone who had been on a workshop said that their relationship was the same or better.

Financially, those who had been on a workshop got far fewer surprises than those who hadnít; they found that they had an accurate picture of their future financial situation. On the other hand 25% of those who hadnít been on a workshop found that their finances were worse than they expected.

Itís clear, therefore, that attending a pre-retirement workshop enhances retirement and has measurable positive benefits. Weíve long believed that to be the case but now the metrics confirm it! We hope this information will be valuable to you within your own organisation and support the fact that this is something really important to provide for your staff.

For more information on any of the above, please contact Sweta Patel on 020 7484 5065 / sxp@hda.co.uk