General Chat

I worked down the pit all my life

Now I stack the shelves in a supermarket ,anyone can do it

Stan yes he is working and it pays his mortgage, but the government and school encourage these youngsters to go to uni and get a degree so that when they graduate they become pizza delivery drivers :-S :-S :-S
He has asked his management if they will sponsor him on a management course which they ahve said they might. He does try.

Actually youngest grandson in another area is also a pizza delivery driver, he is a student at uni and sometimes he even works nights until 5am.

Ann, I take my hat off to them

Thanks, they are great kids, their older brother started uni, decided it was not for him and left, got a job with an agency in Insurance and now, having changed companies once when he was head hunted is still working in insurance in a permanent job and has had a promotion, he is 23. He was job hunting just ahead of the start of the recession.

When i left school in the early 60.s could have gone into any job .my Dad wanted me to go into police .wasnt for me .so many trades about then .but over the yrs manufacturing factorys have closed & we buy from abroad. times have changed .some good some bad.All i think is if our talented people in this country were given a chance young & old .to work & then retire at an age when they can enjoy their lives.work till 67 is to old .we only have one life . interesting to see how other people feel Thanks

I have to say we have had a great time since we retired, OH a few years before me as he took early retirement and me eleven years ago. I enjoyed my work until the last year or so but always thought there was more to life than work. However, we were both lucky in that we both had good pensions to add to the DSS pension.

If I recall correctly, retirement age for the OAP was set for 18 months prior to the average age at death. Now as a Nation, we are living a lot longer, so yes, the State Retirement age does need to be increased. Either that, or we will have to pay more in NI.

What has irritated me is the acceleration in closing the male/female gap in retirement age. Having thought I'd be able to draw my OAP at 63 and a few months, it came as a shock when I realised that it would much, much closer to my 65th birthday.

But what it boils down to is that isn't enough money in the Pot!!

If you are approaching retirement age, and don't wish to, there is nothing to stop you carrying on working in your current position. It is against the law for an employer to discriminate on the grounds of age and force retirement on you.