I quit this year ten years early ( 28 years as an operating theatre practitioner) and Im trying desperately not to go back in..in a nutshell its turned crap, trouble is at 58 who wants you?

Reasons I walked

Impotent shiftless unions

Awful people now (or have i got old) all about one-upmanship with the new generation (those we can get hold of)

Bad for your nerves

24 hour On call at 58 no ta!

And the wages have fallen so far behind, were just a couple off quid off minimum wages

Applied for up to 100 jobs now and zilch, to the point I'm thinking there's loads of fake jobs. Obviously companies like the bug supermarkets, theres fierce competition from younger workers, and there is ageism, no doubt, despite all the platitudes (th

is is the case with one site which is now got a compulsory winding up order)

Just wondering if anyone has also taken the plunge, and managed to stay out (Ive gone back it it twice only for short spells)

Hi fella ,I come out of print after 40yrs and have never looked back .change your life direction completely and magic things will happen .

I applied for about 10 jobs in my late fifties early sixties and got 8 of them ,so don't be despondent you sound like you need a complete change of job and you will get there

6 hours ago, Stephen Houghton said:

I applied for about 10 jobs in my late fifties early sixties and got 8 of them ,so don't be despondent you sound like you need a complete change of job and you will get there

Cheers mucker, I've applied for a lot of jobs but keep getting bounced , could walk into the old job again tomorrow, but need to spread my wings, a few new leads today, keep on searching and hoping.

When it happened to me ,I have never owned a laptop or tablet but I sent out text messages to companies I got from Google and got tons of responses, them got lots of job offers. The hard part was taking the right one lol.give it a try let me know

I noticed John Richardsons changed careers - my advice for what it’s worth, I’ve been made redundant 4 times and every job I left I got a better one with better conditions and pay - be positive 👍🏻