• SbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.uk
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    9 months ago

    At what point do we have to have a serious conversation about just what sort of work we can expect a 70 year old to be able to do?

    It’s all well and good raising the retirement age, but eventually you’ll get to a point where you’ve got people who are simply unemployable because of their age.

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      9 months ago

      Then those people need to be taught a lesson, stripped of any assets and be left to die a miserable death following a period of fear, homelessness and uncertainty.

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          9 months ago

          Oh yeah, absolutely sarcasm. Didn’t think the /s was needed… But then I remember the Tories exist and this is close to actual policy.

    • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      Amazon warehouses are full of old people

      The truth is they don’t give a shit about you or anyone else. They want us to work until we die. When we’re no longer useful they will throw us into the streets.

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        I can only speak to the warehouse I work in and it’s generally the case that the older the staff member, the less likely they are to be able to keep pace with the frankly ridiculous level of work we’re expected to do.

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          9 months ago

          Sure, and when they can no longer cut it they’re out on their asses. And at least here in amerikkka it’s destination Walmart parking lot, since after all, those people wouldn’t be working unless they absolutely had to

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        9 months ago

        My mother in law is just figuring this out. 74, lifelong Tory voter, lost her husband a little over a year ago, and struggling to understand why she’s not able to just claim back the money she’s paid in throughout her working life.

        Because they don’t want her to have that money. She’s retired now, they couldn’t give a shit whether she dies. In fact, they’d prefer it.

        She’s trying to apply for Attendance Allowance, and a variety of other benefits she may be entitled to, and she’s getting rejected despite having a valid claim, because that’s the system. Reject the first claim to discourage the second.

        It’s heartbreaking to see.