retirement age

should the retirement age go up

plain and simple ......no

i think it should be voluntery

some people love there jobs and dont want to leave
but there is no way it should be mandatory

If you love your job and are still contributing to the workplace fair enough but no-one should be made to continue working until they are 70, say.

if you had the chance though and it gave you some interest in life
would you not stay at work
i know several people even someone at 38 who died after being made redundant
the doctors said it was because his body was used to hard physical work

Well I would have preferred to have done something active with my life but not work. My father-in-law died only a couple of years after he retired and never got to enjoy any retirement. All depends on yer outlook, I suppose.

I don't think the retirement age should go up however I feel if you want to continue working you can. I know someone who was forced by his employers to go as soon as he was retiring age. He loved his work and did his job well but was made to go and was replaced by a younger person less experienced most likely on a lower rate.

The retired gentleman well he can be seen getting the shopping for his wife who still works and pottering around. He couldn't find a job elsewhere. :(

my dad was the same and it really effected him
im open minded and think it should be a choice

oh and dianes against it she says they will of put it upto 80 whan its her turn to retire

anything is possible these days tell her

ahh but its going to be a big headache for the government as us folks are living longer so its going to cost them dearer.

I see the retiring age creeping up and up ...........again its down to money.

I think it it should go up to 75. People are healthier and living longer these days, and saves you being stuck at home with an old crone moaning at you for getting under her feet.

My opinion is the same as WG. It depends on the job and whether or not the person really loves their job. If folks decide to retire, great! There are loads of retirees doing volunteer work over here. They love their "new" job and look forward to it. I reiterate, it depends on the job and the love for the job. Person's choice.

Hubby brings up a good point: Being eligible to retire shouldn't mean being forced to retire.

Alice wrote:

I don't think the retirement age should go up however I feel if you want to continue working you can. I know someone who was forced by his employers to go as soon as he was retiring age. He loved his work and did his job well but was made to go and was replaced by a younger person less experienced most likely on a lower rate.

The retired gentleman well he can be seen getting the shopping for his wife who still works and pottering around. He couldn't find a job elsewhere. :(

I agree wholeheartedly with you Alice. My own father only lived 18 months after he retired, he had worked all his life in a factory, never was off a day sick.

I don't think the age should go up. I think if people want to work past retirement age then they should be allowed to do so. But the opportunity should remain for the thousands of people who have had enough by the age of 60/65. At the end of the day there are an awful lot of people out there who are not fit to work past that age so that should not be taken away from them. After all they have made their contribution to the country by that time and are entitled to sit back.

I don't think the retirement age should go up either but do think that people should be given the choice of whether they would like to retire or not.

i dont think it should go up either, for the simple reason that there are so many young bright people leaving school an going straight onto the scrapheap and not getting a chance cos old fogies who have worked all their lives wont leave n give the youngsters a break.
and dont say they have no experience, as no one had at that their age, not even those working past their sell by date
the reason the government need the retiring age to go up is simple , they cant afford the pensions. its cheaper to pay dole money to youngsters than to pay pensions to oldsters.

i took early retirement due to ill health, got a letter a while back saying if i didn't pay just under £300 i'd lose my pension as i don't have enough stamps...........i've never heard that one before, so i'll have to phone them before june 2011 to find out whats going on - they also said if i paid the money right away i wouldn't be able to claim it back as the goverment were going to change somethings to do we the pension.

good points both of you

I think it should stay as it is. You have also got to consider if they changed it then there would be no vancies for the young. I hope not to offend anybody with that, just an observation.

its a good observation and everyones entitled to their own views on here so if they get offended i know them well enough that they will put their own points across

I don't think we do 'offence' on here. :D And just for the record destiny, I think its a very good point.

only me

Here's a question................................

What actually happens when someone gets offended?


Oops sorry.....................off topic.

we can move this if it starts a new topic
if i get offended i seem to go deep inside myself and prob go on self preservation mode
and prob get arrogant and try to offend back


then other times i just go quiet and stay away be it the person/s or the net