--- description: Singaporean great-grandmother Goh Gwek Eng continues to labor over a fryer at one of the city state's McDonald's outlets at the age of 92 title: McDonald's Oldest Employee Is 92 and Works in Singapore image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Singapore](/tag/singapore/) ## Singapore Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # McDonald's Oldest Employee Is 92 and Works in Singapore by [Simon Lewis](/author/simon-lewis/) ## Simon Lewis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2016 5:40 AM CUT by [Simon Lewis](/author/simon-lewis/) ## Simon Lewis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2016 5:40 AM CUT Most people would like to think they’ll be retired and off their feet by the time they reach their 90s. But not one Singaporean great-grandmother, who [continues](http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/at-92-shes-mcdonalds-oldest-employee "undefined") to labor over a hot fryer at one of the city state’s McDonald’s outlets — at the age of 92. Goh Gwek Eng is the U.S.-based global burger chain’s oldest employee, the _Straits Times_ newspaper reports. Having lived through the occupation of Singapore by Japanese forces in the 1940s, she now has 10 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. “Now that most of them are working or have their own families, the house is very quiet,” Goh said of her decision to keep working. > [](https://twitter.com/STcom/status/726648615662284800) Goh has been working at the Bedok Interchange McDonald’s since 1998\. And by all accounts, she is still lovin’ it. Her only complaint is that she gets a little hot standing near the oil where fries are made. “I plan to keep working for as long as I am healthy,” she told the _Straits Times._ \[[_Straits Times_](http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/at-92-shes-mcdonalds-oldest-employee "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4313803/mcdonalds-oldest-employee-singapore-92-goh-gwek-eng/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4313803/mcdonalds-oldest-employee-singapore-92-goh-gwek-eng/"},"headline":"McDonald's Oldest Employee Is 92 and Works in Singapore","datePublished":"2016-05-02T05:40:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:01.494Z","description":"Her only complaint is that she gets a little hot standing near the fryer","url":"https://time.com/4313803/mcdonalds-oldest-employee-singapore-92-goh-gwek-eng/","keywords":["Singapore","Newsfeed","Mcdonald's"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Simon Lewis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/simon-lewis/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/singapore/","name":"Singapore"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4313803/mcdonalds-oldest-employee-singapore-92-goh-gwek-eng/","name":"McDonald's Oldest Employee Is 92 and Works in Singapore"}}]}] ```