Shh, don't tell everyone, supermarket deliveries is my plan in about five years time and I don't want all the jobs full before I get a chance.
"Very" part time work
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Shh, don't tell everyone, supermarket deliveries is my plan in about five years time and I don't want all the jobs full before I get a chance.
I did a year driving for Iceland. My advice is try a different supermarket.
I now do twenty hours a week driving a minibus for a school. I take children to school in the morning and then home in the afternoon.
The only downside is the early start. On the plus side is lots of holidays.
I know someone who does thirty hours for Tesco, he loves it and wants more, maximum of four deliveries an hour and no tracker.
Drago
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Keep an eye on parish councils. Warden/ handy man jobs typically come in around 10hrs P/W.
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No, you won't be laughed at, not at all.
After a couple of days, though, you will be asked to do extra hours ... a lot of them .... you will be asked continuously
Same goes for delivery, retail, hospitality, cleaning jobs: brace yourself
The third sector offers those kind of part-time contracts you are looking for.
The NHS does too: I have a colleague in her 70s that only does 4 hours on a Saturday and 4 on a Sunday (cleaning).
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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There'll be plenty of cleaning jobs at around 10 hours a week but you're probably looking at 6am-8am Monday to Friday
Red17
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Cycle instructor? I know a couple of bikability instructors who work a just a couple of days per week
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ren531
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I'm very out of touch with the job market and it looks like there's more opportunities than I expected for a few hours work.No, you won't be laughed at, not at all.
After a couple of days, though, you will be asked to do extra hours ... a lot of them .... you will be asked continuously
Same goes for delivery, retail, hospitality, cleaning jobs: brace yourself
The third sector offers those kind of part-time contracts you are looking for.
The NHS does too: I have a colleague in her 70s that only does 4 hours on a Saturday and 4 on a Sunday (cleaning).
I would find it hard to say no to extra hours even though it's last thing I'd want , I would have to toughen up my approach to that .
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ren531
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That would do if I found something local plenty used to getting up early.
Mike Ayling
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From another angle. I am a Chartered Accountant (I still have my Union Card because members over 75 no longer have to pay the eye watering annual sub).
I gave up my full time job and started contracting. Work a couple of months, have a couple of months off , rinse and repeat. I ended up with just one job a year for about four weeks preparing their Annual Financial Report then the bloke I reported to retired and the new person did not need my services so I became fully retired but no longer need the income..
I gave up my full time job and started contracting. Work a couple of months, have a couple of months off , rinse and repeat. I ended up with just one job a year for about four weeks preparing their Annual Financial Report then the bloke I reported to retired and the new person did not need my services so I became fully retired but no longer need the income..
Mike Ayling
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Andy in Germany
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This is one reason I'm trying to start working in part-time coaching and seminars, so that in 20 years time when I retire I'll hopefully be well enough established that I can keep going as long as possible.
PaulSB
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I know three people who retired and after a few months found they couldn't fill their time. I can't imagine that but hey ho. Two now do 3 x 5 hour shifts per week at our local B&Q and the other has a part-time position delivering luxury cars around the country.
It works well for all of them. The B&Q work isn't taxing and the car driver has a passion for cars. He gets to drive cars he could never dream of owning.
It works well for all of them. The B&Q work isn't taxing and the car driver has a passion for cars. He gets to drive cars he could never dream of owning.
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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I'm binning mine when I retire. Not paying that again nor am I doing accounts part time.
Drago
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If people want to work, all power to them, but going back simply to fill the time always seems a bit sad to me.
I'm a parish councillor, which takes about 15-20 hours a week of my time, and im doing another degree. Any down time between all that im in my homes studio (ie, spare bedroom) making some noise. Im a living example of the old cliche, I dont know how I found the time to go to work.
The other problem is that im past 55 so gone are the days when I can sign a 6 month contract BGing for £125k. That earning capacity is well behind me now, and having been there in the past Ill be buggered if I'd work now for minimum wage out of sheer principle, so my working days are done.
