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How on earth does anyone find a job?

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  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    Depends on the fitness of the 60 year old.

    I can't see the OP coming back with any updates.
  • pimento
    pimento Posts: 6,243 Forumite
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    DCFC79 wrote: »
    Depends on the fitness of the 60 year old.

    Indeed but how many ex-office workers do you know who work in a warehouse job doing heavy lifting?
    The OP doesn't say but a read of their other posts leads me to think they might be female. If this is the case then it's even less likely a manual labouring job would be suitable.
    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair
  • K.S.
    K.S. Posts: 78 Forumite
    pimento wrote: »
    Why on earth would you? A sixty year old doing heavy lifting for minimum wage?
    Yes, simple! NOT.
    Well, the thing is... you generally get to "shop around" as an agency worker, sometimes the same agency might offer you different work that better suits your needs.

    I didn't literally mean only heavy lifting, but hard work, either fast paced assembly or some support roles in a production factory, maybe sorting in a warehouse etc... (I wasn't fully serious with this however, hence the ellipsis)
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