There is a two fold problem that is multiplied by a factor of <2>.
The men who are coming of age for their retirement are from a corporate era of "the company will take care of you!" Today's corportate cultures worldwide are such that the only one you can depend on is yourself. Their are scores of books about this topic available at Amazon.com.
They watched the elder men of days gone by leave with honour and had a tradition of passing the tourch to the next generation with the satisfaction that they left with what they were told they would have upon leaving. They are being cheated of what they expected.
As for the compounded problem they are watching the younger men picking up the women as they used to, but aren't anymore, they are loosing their hair down the drain hole every morning, it is more difficult to keep up the exercises, their hearts are causing them problems, the have to wear glasses too. They want to feel young and alive again. Their job is the major souce of connection to their youth. Plus, all their beliefes about what the world was about has collapsed as the corporate cultures have changed so drastically. They thought they would be seeing themselves walking out just as those before them did, but not today. They didn't plan for their retirement because they were immoratal, forever young, and the company was going to take care of them. They want to be where the younger men are; to feel alive, and the younger men want to be where the older men are to feel the prestige and the money factors. It just isn't fair but it is biology of the human race.
To help you undestand I suggest reading Jungian theories of self realisation, Ken
Wilber's models of consciousness and self, Eric Fromm's Life Cycles and most works by Maslove.
I agree that there is a tremendous amount of corporate abuse about in Cathay, and perhaps the book "Work Abuse" should be presented for required reading to all employees. However, abuse cannot exist without a person who is willing to play the roles of victim.