Dear Jeremy - I am still not going back to work.

[DoorstoManual]

Yours happily retired.

There are two reasons this doesn't wash. One is that older women didn't get equality when it came to retirement, because of the period of their working lives where pension discrimination against women was common. It would be fuckwitted indeed to imagine that simply bumping up the pension age brought retirement equality about. The second is that this occurs in the context of a societal expectation that women do the unpaid caring labour. Too many men want equality when it comes to retirement age but not when it comes to providing care.

Dear Jeremy.
Glad that you’ve finally sorted the pension debacle out. But there’s not a chance in Hell that I would return to work for the NHS unless you funded and staffed it to a point that I would feel that patient care and safety wasn’t severely compromised.

Fuck Jeremy Hunt, obviously. But at least it's now a few years before I have to dramatically cut my hours to avoid more tax bills on money I may never live to receive. I didn't want to cut hours, as my waiting lists are too long as they are. (NHS)

Dear Hunt the Cunt.

🖕Swivel.

I've heard whispers that they are trying to raise the minimum age at which you can collect your NHS pension. Watch out.
I'm retiring next year at 62. You can't drag my back to work after that for love or money.

It says both parents must be working .

Dear Jeremy,

I see nothing in your budget to address the wage stagnation and piss-poor earnings that cause life in the Uk to be so expensive. So I’d like to know what you think is tempting about going back to work for a pittance?

So sorry to hear of your situation. You are right about the bullying.
There is no care or concern for those who are unable, just catcalls of liar, and scrounger. It is disgraceful how disabled people are treated. Shameful.

Dear Jeremy

I had to leave my job at 57 as I was fed up of being hit, punched, kicked, spat at and bitten by children.
I was fortunate enough to have savings that would allow me to retire early until my retirement which should have been 60, then 65, then 67.

Alas my mum now needs more of my time as she is frail. I've been saving your government money by supporting her.

I've recently been diagnosed with a debilitating illness . I can't help you I'm afraid.

The elephant in the room...

Dear Jeremy
I started work at 16, my pension age was 60. You managed to shift it out by 7 years, I’m now 55 and no longer work through choice, you won’t tempt or push me back into work.
Off you fuck 👋
Thanks

How has your workplace pension been raided?

Neither am i or at least not for a few more years. Sahm for 12 years (oldest in high school) husband earns good wage, claim
no benefits and it works for us.

i think it will give more families a choice though which is surely the point?

Dear Jeremy,
Make it worth my while mate and I might think about it.
Yours
Ms- 'I aint gettin' outta bed for shit money like that'

“Too many men want equality when it comes to retirement age but not when it comes to providing care.” So true. The army of women who are sustaining frail/ demented parents, disabled children, vulnerable siblings etc in this country is not met by a similar cadre of men. I took 1 year’s unpaid leave to support my dad with Alzheimer’s, and worked through another 4 years of this. It was exhausting and I fully intend to retire at 60.

Where did you work @GlassBunion , that sounds awful.

Not sure why you bothered posting @DoorstoManual

It's your choice.

You sound bitter.

I'm 66 and could retire (I don't need to work for the money) but I run my own small business, as a 2nd career, and like working part time.

The country is crying out for skilled workers, many of whom are retired.
Nothing wrong in suggesting the go back to work.

Dear Jeremy cHunt,
Would you work a shit job for shit money?

@TheGander having been through caring for both my dad and step mum I understand what you’re saying.
Several professionals in elderly care told me it almost always falls to the women, it’s just expected, it’s women’s work. This was certainly true in my case, two step brothers but apparently I was just better at knowing what needed to be done

Dear Jeremy,

I would love to have not had to retire in my mid -sixties but Dave Cameron and his government cut the Civil Service department that I worked in so drastically I felt guilty taking up a job a youngster could do. I did ask to continue part-time but it was retire or full time. You lost my expertise and experience and that of many others in that department whose offices closed and were not prepared to commute 2 hours to a new base.
I guess the same happened when all those local hospitals were closed, with older employees, and with our local secondary schools difficult emotionally when you are older to have to move to a new place of work.
Never mind the government must have made lots of money when all these redundant sites were sold off to developers.
Hey, but never mind my husbands a builder and has more work than he can cope with since Brexit, he won't retire because we can't afford for him to even if he can't physically hack it for much longer!

Happy days!

Women want equality but want to retire sooner than men, even though they also have a longer life expectancy.

And that's fair?

It never was fair and as a WASPY I knew well in advance about the increase in retirement age.

It's your choice not to work. Clearly you didn't enjoy whatever you did, or have the initiative or desire to start something new. I retrained at your age.

No she really doesn't. In these times a sense of humour is absolutely necessary.
I can't afford to retire until I'm 70 due to my dh's unfortunate ill health but I do not begrudge anyone who has been able to retire early especially due to their own forward planning.

why are you bothering to post on a thread if you think OP ought not to have bothered posting it?
You sound bitter & confused!

Before the budget we were retiring early this year, after the budget we are still retiring this year, In fact we have planned for this for years so that whichever out of touch, meddling fuckwit was in charge it wouldn't make any difference.
Long holidays and freedom here we come.

Dear Jezza, I would love to return to corporate IT, but as I couldnt get any Speech therapy for my non verbal son with ASD my life now revolves around taking my LA to sen education tribunals. Seems a bit pointless working hard if it means my son will end up in assisted living don't you think?