Money Pete the Planner: Could a retiree outlive his savings even with a part-time job? Possibly. November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 Peter Dunn, Special to USA TODAY Comments Off on Pete the Planner: Could a retiree outlive his savings even with a part-time job? Possibly. A nest egg is not a bottomless bowl of M&Ms grandma set out around the holidays. Your dollars are finite.