"Very" part time work

[SteveH80]

... I dont know how I found the time to go to work....

You're not the only one, 6 years in and I'm still loving it

As mentioned earlier for a few hours a week try your local NHS, there is always a ready turnover of domestic staff (cleaners) and the money isn't too bad either.

 

[cyberknight]

I can see myself working till i keel over , mrs ck spending habits although improved and mini ck 1 is not liable to get a job so i cant afford to retire

 

[PaulSB]

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.

I completely agree but it has to be each to his own. My problem is the reverse, I have so much to do that it can be difficult to find "Paul time." Every now and then I have to step back, have a word with myself and stop taking on things.

One of the guys who is at B&Q told me he now knows at 55 he wasn't ready to retire. It was a mistake. His wife was working, alone at home, bored, he started going to the pub at lunchtime, one pint became two and he would then open some cans at home for the afternoon. He recognised where it was leading and made sure he didn't go down the path to oblivion.

He's since divorced. How long that was a problem in the making I don't know. A very sad outcome for what can be the best years of life.

 

[vickster]

I drove HGVs for a lot of my working life and it kind of put me off driving, now if I could deliver stuff on my bike without joining the delivero types I would.

Freddie's Flowers deliver by bike but I'm not sure if they're very London centric!
https://www.freddiesflowers.com/about-us/jobs

 

[simongt]

How about supermarket delivery driver or school minibus driver?

Saw a pal who retired, but is currently a part time; 15 hrs. / week, delivery driver for Iceland and loving it - !

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

How about supermarket delivery driver or school minibus driver?

Family member has been a Tesco delivery driver for a few years, recently they've introduced a rule where you must load up your van within 25mins.

Yet stupidly the layout of the storage space in the vans means drivers have to twist themselves to load and unload, because the trays are laid across the van instead of front-back, awful h&s decision and is causing a lot of friction with the loading times.

A bit like being a postie, I think the "glamour" of being a supermarket driver is wearing off.

 

[Brandane]

A bit like being a postie, I think the "glamour" of being a supermarket driver is wearing off.

I am currently doing Tesco home delivery shifts, as a part time job in my semi retirement.
I do 2 full days per week, 9am to 7pm. 18 hours paid, with 1 hour break per day unpaid.
I quite enjoy it for the most part, but it can be a hard shift physically. I do my 2 days consecutively and by the end of day 2 I am knackered!
I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who thinks it's going to be a cushy few hours delivering the odd bag of groceries in leafy suburbia. It can be heavy going, and the driving part of it can be stressful too (says an ex HGV 1 driver!). Delivering in narrow streets with zero parking, carrying baskets of groceries up several flights of stairs, trying to find house numbers, running against the clock. If you haven't done multi drop deliveries before then you could be in for a very steep learning curve.
Haven't yet come across this 25 minute van loading thing, maybe that is a local rule. But where I work due to lack of loading bays and too many vans, the loading process does have to be done without any faffing about. And yes a lot of lifting and twisting required. My back is complaining, 6 months in.
So despite having said I quite enjoy it overall, 2 days per week is my limit. And that is from a reasonably fit, soon to be 64 year old.

 

[Gillstay]

Local bakery was after a van driver here. Looked like a sensible job and cheap cake as well.
Pubs sometimes need people early doors before they open up.

 

[ren531]

I am currently doing Tesco home delivery shifts, as a part time job in my semi retirement.
I do 2 full days per week, 9am to 7pm. 18 hours paid, with 1 hour break per day unpaid.
I quite enjoy it for the most part, but it can be a hard shift physically. I do my 2 days consecutively and by the end of day 2 I am knackered!
I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who thinks it's going to be a cushy few hours delivering the odd bag of groceries in leafy suburbia. It can be heavy going, and the driving part of it can be stressful too (says an ex HGV 1 driver!). Delivering in narrow streets with zero parking, carrying baskets of groceries up several flights of stairs, trying to find house numbers, running against the clock. If you haven't done multi drop deliveries before then you could be in for a very steep learning curve.
Haven't yet come across this 25 minute van loading thing, maybe that is a local rule. But where I work due to lack of loading bays and too many vans, the loading process does have to be done without any faffing about. And yes a lot of lifting and twisting required. My back is complaining, 6 months in.
So despite having said I quite enjoy it overall, 2 days per week is my limit. And that is from a reasonably fit, soon to be 64 year old.

The inside reality rarely lives up to our expectations and that's what puts me off , I'm considering staying were I am a bit longer then not working at all once I retire, at least giving myself the choice to or not .
Supermarket delivery is probably great if it's a complete change from the rest of your working life but when you've driven HGVs like yourself it's the same old problem's your facing, good on you for making the best of it though.

 

[simongt]

when you've driven HGVs

Spent 16 years as a delivery driver; vans & HGVs. The first 11 years was multi dropping around a city in a 7.5 tonner which with the traffic and parking issues was er, interesting. The last few years, it was depot to depot in an 11.5 tonner so parking wasn't an issue, just the amount I was expected to shift in any given day.
I mostly enjoyed my time as a driver, but certainly don't miss it, especially in the traffic conditions on today's roads - !

 

[MontyVeda]

This is sort of money related so putting it here .
I'm most likely going to retire from my 36 hour p/w job in a few months.
Now I want to supplement my pension income with a few hours work each week, I'm thinking ideally 10-15 hours per week, preferably 10 , had something lined up with current employer that suited but that's fallen through. Would there be much call for so few hours p/w from potential employers, going to knock on a few doors soon to find out but I think it's highly unlikely .
Something I might try is set myself up doing garden maintenance self employed, something I have experience in and most of the tools .
Has anyone found employment with so few hours

Some employers are happy to allow Job shares. Up here at the Uni there seems to be quite a few, working every other week... but the hours are still long.

 

[ren531]

Some employers are happy to allow Job shares. Up here at the Uni there seems to be quite a few, working every other week... but the hours are still long.

I think job share is a great way to go, I've suggested this with my current employer but it's not what they are wanting.

 

[wakemalcolm]

Local bakery was after a van driver here. Looked like a sensible job and cheap cake as well.
Pubs sometimes need people early doors before they open up.

Our local employs a driver late doors to return drinks to their nearby village of residence.

 

[annedonnelly]

There was a law brought in a few years ago - about 2015 I think - where your employer had to consider reasonable requests to change your working hours to part-time or whatever. I used it to change from 5 days a week to 3.

 

[icowden]

Now I want to supplement my pension income with a few hours work each week, I'm thinking ideally 10-15 hours per week, preferably 10 , had something lined up with current employer that suited but that's fallen through. Would there be much call for so few hours p/w from potential employers, going to knock on a few doors soon to find out but I think it's highly unlikely .

It depends how those hours are structured.

My MiL is retired her jobs so far have included:

• 3 hours per day driving a school minibus on morning and afternoon runs for 2 or 3 days per week.
• Working in a charity craft shop for 1 morning per week
• Working at Paulton's Park as a first aider for 1 or 2 days a week.
• Doing exam invigilating - every so often for a morning or afternoon as needed.

Not all at the same time mind you. She stopped the minibus after a year as she didn't really enjoy it. She stopped at Paulton's after 2 years. She likes her craft shop and her invigilating though.

So you will find stuff depending on your skills and interests. My personal plan will be to play the piano / organ at churches, hospitals, old folks homes etc. :-)