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Years, which is almost six years higher than in the financial sector in general. Photo: Niels Hougaard Fold out "This means that the employees want to stay with us. And we would very much like that, because the seniors are fantastically good employees.' Is there anything the seniors are particularly good at? "They have lots of skills with them after so many years on the labor market. And lots of know-how. And then they are enormously loyal.' Precisely the loyalty among the older employees is something that many companies overlook, she points out. "I think that many companies are afraid to employ employees who are older because they think that it is not a particularly long-term investment.

But you can also employ someone aged 30 who is gone two years later, because he or she has to try a lot. The elderly do not have that need in the same way. So if you as a company treat the elderly with as Australian B2C Email List respect and recognition as everyone else, they are a HUGE gain," says Annemette Søgaard Jeppesen and emphasizes that Middelfart Sparekasse is not just a company for seniors. "It doesn't matter whether you're young or old - it's the commitment and the professional skills that count." Annemette Jeppesen "As a manager, you have to familiarize yourself with the needs and challenges of the individual - in respect that we are different," says department head, Annemette Søgaard Jeppesen.



Photo: Niels Hougaard Mutual learning During the last year, both Ilse Pahlke Møller and Lars Christian Hansen have chosen to reduce their hours, so that they now only work four days a week. But apart from that, they have neither special needs nor challenges due to their age, they say. "It's not a marathon we have to run," as Lars Christian Hansen puts it. They have many years of experience behind a screen. And actually occasionally experience having a greater knowledge of the older underlying IT systems than the young employees. At other times, there may be words or concepts on the computer that they must get help from the young people to understand. "Learning goes both ways," explains Ilse Pahlke Møller.