What now? A New Beginning.

March 2016


                         Having been employed for the best part of my life, I am now 63 and started work at the tender age of 15 and a half, I now find myself  in the suspended state of unemployment. 

I was recently, let go, as they say, to lessen the blow and their and my embarrassment I presume. My employer had decided, due to a lack of work and market forces, that I was no longer required. Not so unusual you might think and I could have agreed, but for the fact that shortly after my departure another "Bod" was introduced into my lukewarm seat, to do presumably the things I had been doing a few weeks ago.

I could go on about it all being so unfair and wasting my energy on hatred, spite and supposed revenge but life's too short isn't it? Well it's too short in general methinks but it's definitely too short to be wasting it on people like my old boss, so what to do?

I have some decisions to make. Seek new employment? Become freelance? Employ myself? 
A visit to the Job Centre after filling out forms about my past employment and contributions, which is probably all they were concerned about, did nothing for my confidence in finding a new job. 
"Do you really want a new job?" my Agent asked. "At your age it will be really difficult and I'm not sure it would bring you any benefits in the long run" "After all, you are too specialised and your job opportunities will be severely limited" "Okay" I said "And the alternatives are? "Well" she said. "If you are sufficiently financially secure we could just leave you in peace for the next two years until you are eligible for retirement" So here I am. I still have some decisions to make but not today. I can't waste any time though, the clock ist ticking.   

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