June 10, 2010: Vita Needle's elderly workforce

>> Rooney: TONIGHT ON "GREATER BOSTON".

>> BE A LITTLE MORE, BE PRODUCTIVE AGAIN AT THIS AGE I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.

>> Rooney: WHY SOME SENIORS ARE CHALLENGING THE IDEA OF A TRAICIANAL RETIREMENT.

COMING UP NEXT.

>> Rooney: TONIGHT ON "GREATER BOSTON," RETHINKING THE GOLDEN YEARS.

ONE LOCAL COMPANY'S SUCCESS WITH ELDERLY WORKERS IS CHALLENGING THE TRADITIONAL IDEA OF RETIREMENT.

PLUS.

>> WHY DOES GOD HATE US?

WHAT HAVE WE DONE?

>> Rooney: THE SOX FANS LAMENT THAT LASTED 86 YEARS.

COURSES AND THE OLD TOWN TEAM, JOHNNY BASEBALL TAKES CENTER STAGE Closed Captioning brought to you by AFLAC: Ask about it at work.

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>> Rooney: GOOD EVENING, WHEN IT COMES TO AGING SOCIETY'S EXPECTATIONS ARE CLEAR.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK AND SAVE AND THEN RETIRE AND TAKE IT EASY.

BUT SOME SENIORS ARE CHALLENGING THAT TRADITIONAL ROUTE AND ONE LOCAL COMPANY HAS FOUND SUCCESS IN TAPPING INTO AN AGED WORKFORCE NOT READY TO HANG IT UP.

>> AFTER YEARS OF WAITRESSES ROSA FINNEGAN RETIRED AND HEADED DOWN TO THE CAPE TO LIVE THE GOOD LIFE.

BUT IT WASN'T QUITE AS GOOD AS SHE IMAGINED.

>> GARDENING AND GOING TO CHURCH DINNERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

GETTING KIND OF BORING.

>> Rooney: THAT'S WHY AT THE AGE OF 98 FINNEGAN PUNCHES THE CLOCK AT VITA NEEDEL.

FINNEGAN TREASURES HER JOB.

>> I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

WE ALL COME IN AND ARE HAPPY TO SEE EACH OTHER AND TELL EACH OTHER OUR ACHES AND PAINS.

WE GET A LOT OF COMFORT THAT WAY.

>> Rooney: VITA NEEDLE WHICH MAKES PARTS FOR EVERYTHING FROM MEDICAL DEVICES TO FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT TO TRUCK TIRES FACED A LABOR SHORTAGE IN THE 1980s AND HIRED A COUPLE OF ELDERLY WORKERS.

THEY WERE SO EFFECTIVE THAT TAPPING THE AARP SET BECAME A PRIORITY.

TODAY SAYS MARKETING DIRECTOR FREDERICK HARTMAN, NEARLY HALF THE COMPANY'S EMPLOYEES ARE OVER 65.

>> WE'VE GOT VERY EXPERIENCED PEOPLE WHO HAVE SKILLS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO REPLICATE OUT THERE IN THE MARKETPLACE WITH YOUNGER FOLKS THESE DAYS.

THEY'RE VERY ATTENTIVE TO DETAILS.

>> Rooney: BUT OLDER EMPLOYEES ALSO CREATE CHALLENGES.

VITA NEEDLE'S FIRST COMPUTER AND MICROWAVE WERE GREETED WITH SOME CONSTERNATION.

AN SENIOR WORKERS DON'T ALWAYS MOVE AS FAST AS THEIR YOUNGER COLLEAGUES.

BUT SAYS HARTMAN, IT'S QUALITY THAT COUNTS.

>> WE WOULD RATHER HAVE A PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THAT IS BUILT CORRECTLY AND IS MADE TO SPECIFY CASES THAN WORRY ABOUT THE LAST PENNY OF MARGIN.

>> Rooney: SOME OF VITA NEEDLE'S OLDER WORKERS ARE THERE BY NECESSITY.

FORMER ENGINEER HOWARD PLANNED A TRADITIONAL RETIREMENT UNTIL THE STOCK STOCK MARKET TANKED.

NOW HE WORKS TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.

BUT HE SAYS THAT'S OKAY.

>> BEING HOME, I WOULD BE MORE ISOLATED.

I WOULD PLAY MORE ON THE COMPUTER.

DO LESS INTERESTING THINGS.

AND SORT OF DEGENERATE FASTER.

>> Rooney: MEANWHILE 19-YEAR-OLD ROBERT SAYS WORKING AT VITA NEEDLE CHAS HANGED HIS WORK HABITS FOR THE BETTER.

>> EVERYBODY HAS A REALLY GOOD WORK ETHIC HERE.

A LOT OF YOUNG-- YOUNGER PEOPLE JUST DON'T HAVE.

I REMEMBER JUST SEEING A LOT OF KIDS WHEN YOU GO INTO EVEN CVS THAT KIND OF JUST STAND THERE LIKE THEY DON'T CARE.

AROUND HERE EVERYBODY REALLY CARES ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

>> Rooney: WHETHER MOST SENIOR WAS CHOOSE WORK OVER TRAVELING OR PLAYING GOLF IS DOUBTFUL BUT 80-YEAR-OLD JOE REDDINGTON HAS SOME ADVICE FOR HIS PEERS.

>> OLD PEOPLE SHOULD NOT QUIT.

THEY SHOULDN'T JUST SIT DOWN.

THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING THAT KEEPS THE BRAIN ACTIVE, KEEPS YOUR BODY MOVING.

IT'S GOOD FOR YOU.

>> Rooney: SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU PACK UP THE BAGS AND MOVE TO FLORIDA.

>> Rooney: JOINING ME NOW IS MARY BRASSARD, AN EMPLOYEE OF VITA NEEDLE.

FRED HARTMAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY AND CAITRIN LYNCH, A PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT OLIN COLLEGE WHO IS WRITING A BOOK ON VITA NEEDLE.

MARY, YOU HAVE WORKED THERE EIGHT YEARS.

ARE YOU 84, CORRECT?

>> ACTUALLY, FIVE YEARS.

>> Rooney: OH, I THOUGHT IT SAID HERE --

>> I LOOKED IT UP.

I COULDN'T REMEMBER.

>> Rooney: SOMEBODY SAID-- WELL, WHY DID YOU GO BACK TO WORK.

WHAT WAS --

>> BECAUSE I WAS BORED STAYING HOME.

>> Rooney: WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT HOME?

>> NOT MUCH.

I WAS USED TO WORKING ALL MY LIFE.

AND IT WAS KIND OF BORING

JUST, YOU KNOW, DOING HOUSEWORK OR GOING GROCERY SHOPPING OR SOMETHING.

>> Rooney: AND WHAT YOU DO AT VITA NEEDLE, YOU ARE AN ACCOUNT ANT.

>> MY TIGHT SELL OFFICE MANAGER.

I DO THE INVOICING, CASH RECEIPTS, WHATEVER-- .

>> Rooney: DOW WORK FULL-TIME.

>> NO, I WORK ABOUT 30, 33 HOURS.

>> Rooney: HOW IS THE PAY OVER THERE?

HEY, BOSS.

>> ED PAY IS GREAT.

>> Rooney: HEY, BOSS, HOW IS THE GREAT.

>> IT'S REALLY GOOD.

>> Rooney: IS IT IN.

>> YES.

ESPECIALLY THAT I GOT A JOB THERE.

>> Rooney: YEAH, EXACTLY.

>> YOU KNOW YOU GET OLD AND PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO HIRE YOU.

>> Rooney: THAT IS SO TRUE.

I MEAN AND OLD YOU KNOW, STARTS REALLY FOR SOME PEOPLE IN THEIR MID 40s.

HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT, FRED.

I KNOW WE'VE REPORTED THAT IN THE 90s YOU STARTED LOOKING AT OLDER WORKFORCE BECAUSE YOU NEEDED PEOPLE, THAT OF COURSE ISN'T THE PROBLEM THIS DAY AND AGE BUT WHAT IS IT THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO KEEP DOING THIS.

>> ACTUALLY THOSE TIMES WERE VERY SIMILAR TO TODAY.

THEY WERE RECESSIONARY TIMES IN THE EARLY 90s AND THE COMPANY HAD LOST A LOT OF EMPLOYEES.

WE NEEDED TO FIND MORE HELP.

AND THE ONLY PEOPLE AT THE TIME THAT WERE AVAILABLE WERE OLDER PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN LAIDOFF.

AND THEY NEEDED SOMETHING TO DO THAT FIT THE COMPANY'S MODEL FOR HAVING PART-TIME WORK.

>> Rooney: SO A LOT OF THEM ARE PART-TIME.

>> ALMOST ALL ARE PART-TIME.

BUT THE LIGHT BULB WENT ON PRETTY QUICKLY WHEN I SAW THAT THE WORK ETHIC, THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, FOR QUALITY WORKMANSHIP, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAY BE ABLE TO CONTINUE AND IT BECAME THE COMPANY'S PRACTICE BACK THEN AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

>> Rooney: I'M CURIOUS ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES BECAUSE I TARTED THINKING MY GOSH T MUST BE, EVEN SCHEDULING, BECAUSE ELDERLY PEOPLE OFTEN HAVE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS OR THEY HAVE SUDDEN ILLNESSES.

YOU MUST HAVE A WHOLE JUGGLING ACT THERE.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF JUGGLING THAT GOES ON BUT THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE MAGIC.

WE GOT INTO TROUBLE A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN SOME PEOPLE WORKED MORE THAN FULL-TIME.

WHEN THEY WERE OUT, THE COMPANY SUFFERED.

SO WE CHANGED OUR GAME PLAN A BIT AND WE HIRED MORE PEOPLE THAN WE PROBABLY NEEDED TO.

BUT EVERYBODY WAS ON A PART-TIME BASIS AND IT TOOK INTO EFFECT THAT PEOPLE HAD SUMMER VACATIONS DOWN ON THE CAPE.

PEOPLE WERE SICK.

BUT BY AND LARGE IT'S A MYTH THAT OLDER PEOPLE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

QUITE THE CONTRARY.

>> Rooney: YEAH, I KNOW.

>> THEY ARE THERE EVERY DAY.

>> Rooney: THEY DON'T REALLY NEED THE HEALTH-CARE BENEFITS FROM YOU BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE ON, YOU KNOW, MEDICAID.

>> MEDICARE.

>> Rooney: AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY AS WELL.

AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM SO IT WORKS OUT FOR YOU.

>> IT WORKS OUT FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT BUT HONESTLY, ALL SIDES WIN.

PEOPLE ARE ACTIVE.

THEY HAVE A PLACE TO GO.

TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMPANY.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY THE WILD CARD IS THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE REALLY DON'T PREFER TO PAY TAXES ANY MORE THAN WE HAVE TO.

SO WE DIVIDE UP THE POT.

AND EVERYBODY GETS A CHECK.

AND IN A LOUSY YEAR IT MIGHT BE A MONTH'S WORTH OF PAY.

I THINK OUR BEST YEAR WE MIGHT HAVE HAD 3 OR 4 MONTHS PAY AT THE, AND EVERYBODY HAS GOT A GUARANTEED JOB AS LONG AS THEY CAN COME UP THE STAIRS, WE'LL FIND SOMETHING TO DO.

>> Rooney: YOU ARE RESEARCHING A BOOK ON THIS, TELL ME WHAT ARE YOU FINDING.

>> WELL, JUST THINKING WHILE FRED WAS TALKING ABOUT THE HOURS AND THINGS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK FRED HAS HIT ON IS THE FLEXIBILITY.

AND OF SCHEDULING AND THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THE IMPORTANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IF IN WHAT WE MIGHT CALL THE CONVENTION 58 RETIREMENT YEARS.

THEY WANT TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE TO BABY-SIT GRANDCHILDREN.

THERE IS ONE WOMAN WHO LEAVES AT 1:30 SOME DAYS OF THE WEEK AN WILL BABY-SIT HER GRANDCHILDREN.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO WATCH THE RED SOX IN THE MIDDLE THE AFTERNOON.

OR SOMETHING.

SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.

AND YOU CAN ALSO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO COME IN VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING.

A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE WAKE UP REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING SO THIS PLACE IS HOPPING AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING.

IT'S FULL OF PEOPLE.

SO IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING PLACE BECAUSE OF HOW IT, FRED TALKS ABOUT A WIN-WIN SITUATION AND I HAVE HEARD THAT KIND OF THING FROM THE WORKERS.

THAT THEY REALLY THEY KNOW IT IS A PROFITABLE MODEL FOR THE COMPANY BUT THEY ALSO SAY LIKE I GOT A JOB HERE.

ROSSA IS ELOQUENT SAYING WHO ELSE GOING TO HIRE ME AFTER SHE GOT HIRED AFTER 86.

WHERE ELSE WOULD I GET A JOB.

AND THAT THIS IS A PLACE THAT KEEPS THEM ALIVE.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING AND STAYING ACTIVE AND HERE THEY GET A PAYCHECK.

THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER WAYS THAT OLDER PEOPLE CAN STAY ACTIVE AND THIS ONE, THEY HAPPEN TO BE GETTING A PAYCHECK ALSO.

>> Rooney: HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD YOU SAY WORKED THERE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING TO DO, IT'S A PURPOSE AND A MISSION AND IT HELPS THE COMPANY VERSUS PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED THE JOB?

>> I THINK MOST OF THEM.

>> Rooney: NEED THE JOB.

>> NO, THEY'RE HAPPY BEING THERE.

AND EVERYONE GETS ALONG.

IT'S REALLY NICE.

I THINK BECAUSE WE-- WE'RE OLDER.

>> Rooney: PAST THE OFFICE POLITICS.

>> YES, NOTHING-- THINGS ROLL OFF YOUR SHOULDER A LOT EASIER WHEN ARE YOU OLDER.

>> IT'S INTERESTING THAT TOPIC OF WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE THERE FOR THE MONEY OR FOR SOMETHING TO DO.

BECAUSE YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A VARIETY OF PEOPLE ON THE SEGMENT YOU OPENED WITH THAT REFERRED TO ONE MAN HORX WARD, WHO SAID YOUR INTRODUCTION SAID HE IS THERE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.

SO YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THAT BUT THEN OTHER PEOPLE WHO VERY EXBUSINESS ITALY SAY I DON'T NEED THE MONEY.

I AM HERE FOR SOMETHING TO DO.

BUT THEY ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.

THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE THOSE KIND OF STATUS DIFFERENCES THAT YOU MIGHT GET SOMEWHERE ELSE.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, YIBT TO THE SUCCESSFUL COMPANY.

IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT WAY THAT THEY ARE WORKING IN AN ASSEMBLY KIND OF SITUATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE SENSE OF SIGNIFICANCE AND PURPOSE AND VALUE THAT WE ARE SHIPPING THINGS OUT AND THOSE PRODUCTS ARE IMPORTANT AND ARE HELPING A COMPANY.

>> Rooney: I'M CURIOUS TO GET YOUR TAKE WOULD.

THIS WORK WHAT OTHER KIND OF AN ENVIRONMENT WOULD THIS WORK IN?

I MEAN A LOT OF PEOPLE-- IT'S NOT REALLY FACTORY WORK BUT SOME OF IT, IT IS SORT OF ASSEMBLY WORK.

THERE IS A LOT OF TABLES IN THERE.

IS THERE ANOTHER ENVIRONMENT YOU CAN THINK OF THAT MIGHT WORK LIKE THIS?

>> MANUFACTURING PROBABLY HAS THE BEST CHANCE.

BUT LIGHT MANUFACTURE-- LIGHT MANUFACTURING.

>> Rooney: LIGHT MANUFACTURING.

>> OTHERWISE,-- IN OTHER WORDS, RATHER SIMPLE TASKS THAT SPEED ISN'T CRITICAL BUT QUALITY WORKMANSHIP IS VERY IMPORTANT.

OUR FOLKS KNOW THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST STOP ON THE LINE FOR THEM.

SO IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN THE LAST STOP, WE MIGHT AS WELL DO IT RIGHT.

WE DON'T HAVE OFFICE POLITICS.

WE DON'T HAVE-- EVERYBODY IS ON A FIRST-NAME BASIS.

>> Rooney: HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO FIRE ANYBODY FOR INCOMPENS.

>> IICAL RECALL THAT.

WE'VE NEVER HAD A LAYOFF, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

PEOPLE HAVE PROMISED JOBS.

BUT MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME UP THE STAIRS AND THEY PLACE AN INTERVIEW WITH US, THEY'LL KNOW PRETTY QUICK WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO FIT IN OR NOT.

IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY.

SOME PEOPLE COULD BE BORED.

>> Rooney: I WOULD THINK, YOU DON'T GET BORED THERE AT ALL, MARY.

>> -- MARRY.

>> NEVER, NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE ON MY DESK WHEN I GO IN.

>> Rooney: AND DOW ALL HAVE LUNCH, DOW BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH.

>> YES.

SOME PEOPLE GO OUT.

WHERE WE ARE, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF EATING PLACES AROUND.

BUT I PREFER TO BRING MY LUNCH.

>> Rooney: DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WHOLE WAY PEOPLE LOOK AT RETIREMENT?

THERE IS ALL THIS EMPHASIS ON THE 401(k) AND STASHING STUFF AWAY AND THEN, I MEAN, EVEN SOCIAL SECURITY HAS CHANGED.

PEOPLE DON'T QUALIFY UNTIL A LATER AGE.

SO DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE LOOK AT --

>> IT HAS TO CHANGE OTHERWISE WE'LL BE IN TROUBLE.

BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER.

WHEN RETIREMENT WAS CREATED, WHERE PEOPLE WOULD RETIRE WHEN THEY WERE 65, THE LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS ONLY A FEW YEARS BEYOND THAT.

SO PEOPLE WOULD RETIRE AND THEN THEY WOULD LIVE A FEW MORE YEARS.

NOW IF YOU RETIRE AT 65.

>> Rooney: YOU COULD HAVE 30 MORE YEARS.

>> EXACTLY SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE ECONOMICALLY OR SOCIALLY TO HAVE PEOPLE JUST GO AND YOU KNOW, DO, HAVE AN EXTENDED VACATION.

AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HAVE AN EXTENDED VACATION SO I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF PROGRAMS, A LOT OF PUBLIC POLICY EFFORTS TO TRY TO CHANGE ATTITUDES ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT OLDER PEOPLE CAN DO AND TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS IS YOU A PRETTY UNUSUAL SITUATION FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

BUT THE THING IS CATCHING ON.

AND COMPANIES LIKE WAL-MART AND YOU KNOW OTHER COMPANIES, CVS HAVE PROGRAMS WHERE THEY ARE TARGETING OLDER WORKERS.

THEY WILL EVEN HAVE PROGRAMS CALL SNOWBIRD PROGRAMS WHERE THEY WILL EMPLOY PEOPLE IN FLORIDA IN THE WINTER AND THOSE PEOPLE CAN GET THE SAME JOB IN MASSACHUSETTS.

>> Rooney: GOOD LUCK AND CONTINUING SUB SES WITH YOUR BUSINESS AND INJURE JOB, MARY BRASSARD AND CAITRIN LYNCH AND FRED HARTMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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