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Originally Posted by claytonender
My husband is a joiner (with over 45 years experience) he currently works as a maintenance man in an retirement home.
Whilst I appreciate that in terms of emloyers there are 'allegedly' lots of jobs out there - just you try finding another job when you are over 60. Incidentally have you ever been employed (I am a long term job, not one which you had during holidays etc.)? Or, yet again, are you speaking from your 'vaste' knowlege of what you have read or been told by lecturers who have probably never doena proper days work in their lif.
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I understand it can be hard to find a new job because of the horrible agism that goes on. The only job I have had was part-time and lasted 6months because I went to University at that point. I was paid £4.90/hour (which was above minimum wage for my age). I worked between 16-40 hours a week depending on demand. I plan to get a job with the same company in September when I move house in Hull, making work much more accessible.
As far as lecturers are concerned, many of them have jobs before they become lecturers and I think being a lecturer is a perfectly legitimate days work. Just because it's not manual work doesn't mean its not proper work.