New Posts For Thread: New reality: employers can't get rid of oldieshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31649269/new-reality-employers-cant-get-rid-of-oldiesThey may have lost their teeth, their brains and the use of their limbs but they can cling on to their job like chewing gum on a picnic blanket.Hearing all sorts of stories of coffin-dodgers deferring the state pension (for a reward) and waiting forSome people have to work some people want to work. The former is a problem, the latter is not.Old people have a lot to offer particularly to stupid young men. There has been a breakdown of family structures during my lifetime. We used to talk about chttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31649269/new-reality-employers-cant-get-rid-of-oldies?post_id=559403901#559403901Some people have to work some people want to work. The former is a problem, the latter is not.Old people have a lot to offer particularly to stupid young men. There has been a breakdown of family structures during my lifetime. We used to talk about cFri, 05 Jun 2020 04:43:31 -0500UB's favourite movie must be Logan's Runhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31649269/new-reality-employers-cant-get-rid-of-oldies?post_id=559403867#559403867UB's favourite movie must be Logan's RunFri, 05 Jun 2020 04:34:15 -0500If they are capable of doing the work concerned, then I don`t see what the problem is. A friend of mine worked for the same company since he left school and never missed a shift. He was made redundant at 60 due to cut backs. He was lost without his whttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31649269/new-reality-employers-cant-get-rid-of-oldies?post_id=559403039#559403039If they are capable of doing the work concerned, then I don`t see what the problem is. A friend of mine worked for the same company since he left school and never missed a shift. He was made redundant at 60 due to cut backs. He was lost without his wThu, 04 Jun 2020 16:27:11 -0500Well said platini.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31649269/new-reality-employers-cant-get-rid-of-oldies?post_id=559402797#559402797Well said platini.Thu, 04 Jun 2020 15:34:07 -0500In reality, only a minority of coffin-dodgers are going to acknowledge personal decline and volunteer to give up their jobs. Then, do you remember how hard it was to get rid of someone at your work who just wouldn't go? That's how hard it is going tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31649269/new-reality-employers-cant-get-rid-of-oldies?post_id=559402769#559402769In reality, only a minority of coffin-dodgers are going to acknowledge personal decline and volunteer to give up their jobs. Then, do you remember how hard it was to get rid of someone at your work who just wouldn't go? That's how hard it is going toThu, 04 Jun 2020 15:25:51 -0500There is a lot skills that only old men know how to do especially in engineering watched a programme on YouTube about Japanese small factories and how they underpin high tech industries one of these old boys about 15 years ago invented the painless nhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31649269/new-reality-employers-cant-get-rid-of-oldies?post_id=559402481#559402481There is a lot skills that only old men know how to do especially in engineering watched a programme on YouTube about Japanese small factories and how they underpin high tech industries one of these old boys about 15 years ago invented the painless nThu, 04 Jun 2020 15:00:21 -0500This as been going on for years we have an agency driver that is 76https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31649269/new-reality-employers-cant-get-rid-of-oldies?post_id=559402417#559402417This as been going on for years we have an agency driver that is 76Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:54:36 -0500Working and taken my deferred pension of 30 years .......and only 56https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31649269/new-reality-employers-cant-get-rid-of-oldies?post_id=559402077#559402077Working and taken my deferred pension of 30 years .......and only 56Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:22:08 -0500Sack all lords now!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31649269/new-reality-employers-cant-get-rid-of-oldies?post_id=559402075#559402075Sack all lords now!Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:21:59 -0500Incompatible with a universal state pension. Keep on working if you're able, draw the pension if you're not. Don't do both, you greedy old coffin-dodger.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31649269/new-reality-employers-cant-get-rid-of-oldies?post_id=559401997#559401997Incompatible with a universal state pension. Keep on working if you're able, draw the pension if you're not. Don't do both, you greedy old coffin-dodger.Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:14:00 -0500