Diary Monday 27th March 2017
@arthurchappell (44941)
Preston, England
March 27, 2017 12:41pm CST
Day one of the dreaded mandatory call centre course was not too bad, as we just had to look at job searches in general, and meet our tutor, who was very pleasant with the ten of us attending.
Tomorrow we supposedly get to find out about the call centre itself and complete online application forms for the job there without fully knowing what the job actually is as yet.
I made use of the nice weather to shop and pay a few bills on the way to and from work.
Arthur Chappell
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
28 Mar 17
Are you expecting that you'll have to work the rest of your life or will you be able to retire from the workforce eventually? For me, I know that I won't have the money set aside like a lot of people do from a spouse having a factory job or socking it away at an early enough date to allow it to add up nicely. Because of that my expectations is that I may have to work until I'm seventy or so in order to get rid of my smaller credit card debt for starters and then to work on a home equity loan and if possible then also work on paying down some of my mortgage.
If we're able to continue running the business as we get older but find some younger folk with our level of dependability and other things then we could still make a small income that way without doing all the work, but how that will pan out remains to be seen.
I hope this opportunity for you opens up some doors that you can do some things you really enjoy in the long run.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
28 Mar 17
There is talk here of postponing retirement from 65 to 70 - many more will die still working and never enjoy a retirement
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
1 Apr 17
@MarshaMusselman we can retire when we want though few do without enough income to maintain them - pensions depend on how long people have worked and some firms offer good early retirement schemes as an alternative to redundancy - the government is looking at extending the standard official state pension age from 65 to 70
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
28 Mar 17
@arthurchappell Does the government decide on how long everyone is to work there, or are some able to retire early if they were able to set enough of their own money aside? Here, we don't get retirement benefits from the government until we hit a certain age. It used to always be sixty-two, but for quite a few years now they keep raising that age.
I actually can start getting medicare from the government when I turn 65 this coming July. It only pays for hospital stays after we pay something like 13 hundred and some odd dollars on a decuctible. Then each person can also pay for a subsidy program to handle their meds and cover that deductible and other ailments. Each of those has a monthly fee though.
I'll just be taking the freebie when it comes up and wait another year or so before looking into the subsidy. For one thing my husband won't be covered with me and he is right now with my insurance plan at work.
It won't be until I'm 66 before I can collect social security payments from the government. But, If I do end up working until i'm seventy, I can still collect my full amount of payments and use that extra amount to pay more on things owed too. I could have been collecting partial social security once I turned 62, but I'd only be allowed to make 17 thousand per year and then have to pay back fifty cents on each dollar made, and I'd have less to get later on.
Even with the government money, most people don't rely on that for their retirement income as it could be depleted at any moment. Most rely on money they set aside from jobs worked through the years.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
31 Mar 17
Glad it wasn't too bad. The attitude of a tutor makes a big difference.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
1 Apr 17
@asfarasiknow she was quite nice to study with - it would have been awful otherwise
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@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
29 Mar 17
Glad you had a nice day at the job center and hope whatever job they have for you is something you will like. I'll be paying on my bills next week when i get paid.
@RasmaSandra (98029)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Mar 17
Well best of luck to you. Hope it all works out.
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@teamfreak16 (43602)
• Denver, Colorado
28 Mar 17
This is the required one where you don't even know if you'll get to work there? Good luck!
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
27 Mar 17
Have you worked for a call center before?
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
27 Mar 17
@thislittlepennyearns yes, I have worked in two call centres - both fired me but the welfare people insist I try again
@celticeagle (189874)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Mar 17
By the time you are through you could write a book on job hunting couldn't you?
@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar 17
The important question is, did you get a free lunch? :)
