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Why 'unretired' seniors are picking up gig work to pay the bills

Low savings push elders into Uber driving

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press
Posted 4/10/26

Before Stu Goldberg begins his night shift driving for Uber, he pulls out a notebook to read a handwritten list of reminders. "No tickets. Full stops," he'd scrawled in the book. "Careful backing up. Watch for pedestrians and bikes."

With a Ph.D in neuropsychology and decades of experience running his own business, Goldberg, 74, didn't picture chauffeuring strangers around when he retired. But financially, things didn't go as planned. So he makes the best of his situation shuttling passengers through New York City at night.

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