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    Baby boomers urged to stay in work as ‘70 is the new 50’

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    3. Owzwills on

      This is why innovation is stagnant in the UK just saying. Take Architecture you’ll have a 65 year old Architect who can barely use a computer yet alone CAD getting paid £120 per hour for building design that is horrendously out of date. The industry keeps expecting young professionals to keep picking up the slack on the cheap.

    4. XenorVernix on

      Only work for as long as you need to, there are more important things in life. I’m a millenial and will retire as soon as I have enough savings to last me until state pension age.

    6. ElectricalSystem1761 on

      Great so given the average life expectancy for a male post retirement I may as well spank it all now and enjoy it

    7. anotherbozo on

      I am not a baby boomer, and I have my own qualms about that generation… but sod off!

    8. iwillupvoteyourface on

      If they are saying this to boomers might as well scrap retirement for younger generations.

    9. badgerandcheese on

      Should stop the cafe lattes, Netflix and avocado toast. They’ll be able to retire early /s

    10. Lo_jak on

      If Boomers are being encouraged to stay in the work force for longer what the on earth does that mean for Millennials and Gen Z ?????

      Tbh it was a rhetorical question…. I think we all know what’s waiting for us in the future. All of my pension calculations are being made with this in mind and I’m almost certain there won’t be a state pension for me, or it will be means tested and be really hard to get.

      There’s going to be A LOT of younger generations that won’t have the option to retire due to the cost of retirement being to high, OR they end up retired and in rental accommodation with no hope of ever being able to enjoy their elder years.

    11. Several_Show937 on

      I’m 30s. I fervently believe I will die at work. I don’t even know what I’m working towards anymore as there won’t be a retirement at this rate.

    12. Sir_Henry_Deadman on

      I might just take all my non state pensions out and spend it now… None one under 40 is gonna get a retirement at this rate

    13. WebDevWarrior on

      **Government:** Oh shit, the young ones aren’t breeding because we’ve made life so terrible what with cost of living, climate change, no benefits, low pay, wars, no reason to reproduce, pollution making people sterile, job insecurity, dysfunctional healthcare, everything is a subscription (even housing)… WHO WILL KEEP THE ECONOMY GOING?

      **People:** You could fix all this with changes to how the system works, you know… actually do your job.

      **Government:** Sounds like hard work. Lets just encourage the old people to work until they die and force the disabled people into servitude, those workhouses can be fashionable again!

      **People:** What happens when the old people die and you kill the disabled folks, who will replace them? All the young people have no training, and no reason to live / work as there is no benefit for them.

      **Government:** We won’t be in power then, we’ll be retired, not our problem!

      … and this people is why the world is fucked.

    14. ManOnlyLurks on

      Good luck convincing the population with unprecedented property and pension wealth to stay in work 🤣

    15. Sad-Peace on

      Please god no. I’ve got no chance of a promotion/new job if the boomers don’t start retiring soon lol

    16. happywindsurfing on

      Noo we need the current cohort of boomer hiring managers that still think £24k is a good salary for someone with a STEM PhD and other experience to get out of the workforce, not stay even longer!

    17. lordnacho666 on

      Anyone given some thought to what these numbers mean?

      A 70 year old now has the same cognitive ability as a 50 year old, 20 years ago.

      But uhm. A current 70 year old was, by my calculation, about 50 twenty years ago.

    18. BifterGreen on

      “People are now fit and able to enjoy their retirement. We can’t have that! They should be exploited until they drop so rich cunts can make more money.”

      The IMF can fuck right off.

    19. Bleakwind on

      Oh that’s great. This is just what we need, older work colleagues taking up roles and opportunities for newer blood to get ahead and most likely demand better conditions and bring in more innovations.

      It’s not like the older gen is already hoarding up property, capital, public services and funds, political agenda. Why would career opportunities make a difference

    20. fcfcfcfcfcfcfc on

      Have they tried just living within their means? Cancel that TV Licence? Less expensive biscuits?

    21. Zofia-Bosak on

      Surely they would want old people / pensioners to retire so young people can enter the workplace?

    22. blueskyjamie on

      Boomers are long gone, it’s us gen X carrying the can now, but then I’m guessing you all forgot about us again!

    23. Joenonnamous on

      Good luck with that. Here in the US corporate jobs give you the boot long before you hit 70.

    26. weedbearsandpie on

      If 70 is the new 50, is 87 the new retirement age? I’m fully abandoning pension payments if this is the road we’re going down

    27. CarlMacko on

      I’m in my early 40s. As soon as I’m financially able I’m absolutely dipping out of the workforce.

    29. Longjumping_Win_7770 on

      Work until you are ill and incapable then we’ll tax your pension to oblivion with the fifth round of taxes on your pound. Declining any legitimate health assistance claim in the process. 

      You die after being worked to dust and neglected by the state you supported, then we’ll tax your estate for our sixth beak wet. 

      All the while the returns you see become less and less as the society and country you knew crumbles, the money being siphoned off to unworthy or needless causes by feckless and incompetent political parties.

      Welcome to 21st century Britain. 

    30. LordLucian on

      Let them retire in peace, do you want 70 year olds working or fresh faced youngsters running around?
      My father is 66 and newly retired and can barely move as it is since working all his life since he left school.

    31. Prownilo on

      Except no one wants yo hire a 70 year old.

      It’s all well and good saying work till 70, but tech is changing how things work so rapidly that there is little incentive to hire them over a cheap graduate.

    32. Virtual-Baseball-297 on

      Let the pension Ponzi scheme continue so the next generations don’t get shit

    33. WonderingOctopus on

      I simply wont physically or mentally be able to work in my elder years.

      I’m already feeling the effects of excessive work, even with the best of effort I will have reached my capacity long before that, im sure.

    34. looney_jetman on

      No way. I’ve been working since I was 16. I’m planning to get out at 60, if I can. I want to actually be able to relax and do the things I enjoy before I get too old and infirm. My job has always overshadowed any time off I’ve had throughout my career.

    35. DeathDestroyerWorlds on

      I work in construction, in my mid 50’s with knackered knees. They can fuck right off with me working into my 70’s!

    36. DanLyxx on

      So, these pensioners are fit and healthy enough to enjoy their retirement but the IMF is suggesting they should trade that enjoyment in to contribute to a country’s economy? Unreal.

    37. Nosferatatron on

      There’s a vast difference between an easy office job and a tough job. Some 50 year olds are physically fucked and will be functionally useless working even up to normal retirement age

    38. CaterpillarLoud8071 on

      Great, they can sit in the top positions with their outdated ideas and inability to use a computer, while younger people can’t get a promotion. I’d rather pay them a damn pension and they can have fun being Karens without it affecting others’ livelihoods.

      We should be encouraging older people to keep themselves busy, however – working part time and volunteering is good for their social lives, preventing loneliness and keeping their minds and bodies active.

    39. suffolkbobby65 on

      Does this mean in the likely event Putin and Trump throw a wobbly, I can get called back into military service at 70? I’d love to go to sea again 🙂

    40. eoshian on

      Everyone should never retire, work for a pittance and let the CEOs and shareholders take all profits.

    42. Trailblazer913 on

      The media constantly says there are skill shortages, but I see absolutely no evidence of it in real life. In fact I’ve seen unnecessary and low productivity industries created and filled with workers en-masse in the past 10 years. I know people who are underemployed and unemployed despite giving things a pretty good go.

    43. Hairy-Blood2112 on

      Hahahaha. Fuck no. Let us retire at 65 like we were promised. Then give the young kids a chance to get a reasonably well paid job rather than being on a full time college course till they’re 19.

    44. ProperPizza on

      What a remarkably short-sighted idea. We’re not going to fix the country’s problems by hauling 70-year-olds back into work, *especially* when they don’t want to.

      If we actually want a future for this country, we have to put wealth and ambition back into the hands of the younger generations. Give them something to work for, to work towards, and to be proud of. THAT is how you invest in your country, and your people. That is how you become a proud and strong nation. Train people, invest in them.

      The problem is, our political system endlessly encourages short-term strategies. Governments aren’t incentivised to invest in long-term commitments and ideas because they will bear fruit long, long after that government has been kicked out. A lot of people just can’t see the bigger picture, or simply *won’t* see it.

    45. UnicornAnarchist on

      Not for my mum it wasn’t. She passed away eight months from her 70th. I cried on her birthday. 😢

    46. OanKnight on

      What’s the median life expectancy for men? 67? So cradle to grave, you’re now working or learning. This actually kind of makes national insurance irrelevant, no?

    48. Complete_Tadpole6620 on

      Too late arseholes! I’ve already retired and i ain’t never going back!

    49. Emperors-Peace on

      I’ll work until I’m 70 if you add 20 years to my knees, back, heart and lifespan.