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What jobs for 60+ year olds?

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Llhvj · 11/05/2025 08:08

Reading all the threads about redundancies, AI taking over jobs but pension age going up - what jobs are all the 55/60 plus year olds meant to have? In my own company, most of the people are in the 20s/30s age bracket, same with DHs work place. What jobs are all these people meant to be doing?

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CheeseCakeSunflowers · 11/05/2025 08:25

I'm 64 and doing part-time retail. Its odd how all the above suggestions are all physically demanding just at a time when we are physically slowing down. In my teens-30's I did an office job mainly sitting at a desk, 40-50 it was a children's nursery part standing and part sitting. Age 57+ it's been retail, on my feet all day, its struck me a few times that I organised my life completely the wrong way round.

ilovesooty · 11/05/2025 08:24

I worked full time in paid employment until well into my 60s. I'm over state pension age now and self employed part time.

Wickedclimber · 11/05/2025 08:24

I'm retraining at the moment as a funeral arranger. Lots of my lovely colleagues are older than me.

It's a really lovely job and I wish I had done this a long time ago!

ilovemydogandmrobama2 · 11/05/2025 08:23

Please tell Bill Gates, who is 70 that he's past it for anything computerised.

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Llhvj · 11/05/2025 08:22

Exactly - plumbers, cleaners, carers, warehouse all tend to find things harder as they get to mid 50s. That's not a criticism but I struggle to understand what type of work people are supposed to be getting when retirement is 67 and apparently all desk jobs will be automated.

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FuzzyPuffling · 11/05/2025 08:22

Llhvj · 11/05/2025 08:20

I think the comment about not computerized was meant to be about AI take over

OK, fair enough!

ilovesooty · 11/05/2025 08:22

We'll have a lot of people under retirement age claiming sickness benefits.

IWFH · 11/05/2025 08:21

I'm in my 60s and work as an IT programme manager.

andtheworldrollson · 11/05/2025 08:20

Echo the other comment about the physicality of many of those jobs mentioned - I am incredibly fit compared to my peers but I would not / could not spend the time on my knees that plumbing involves. My friend who is a cleaner will likely lose that job because her artritis is so bad

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Llhvj · 11/05/2025 08:20

I think the comment about not computerized was meant to be about AI take over

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FuzzyPuffling · 11/05/2025 08:19

"Not computerized"????
Oh for goodness sake, this is people in their 50s and 60s, many, many of whom have been using computers for the vast majority of their working lives- if they were in that sort of role.

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Llhvj · 11/05/2025 08:17

Trouble with a lot of the jobs mentioned is they are all quite physical and low paid. If lawyers or HR jobs are meant to be swallowed by AI, are all those people seriously expected to become hospital porters?

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TizerorFizz · 11/05/2025 08:14

NHs admin, school admin, anything that values their experience and is not computerized! Warehouse work? Or retrain for a shortage job - engineering, electrician etc. Jobs where we import others to do it. Care home work?

Sinuhe · 11/05/2025 08:12

Hospital Porter, Cleaner & Bank staff.
Or that's what it looks like at our hospital.

ssd · 11/05/2025 08:10

Part time retail

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