I think they are realising there’s both a lack of people in the jobs market and that some people with good experience and certain skillsets just aren’t being retrained or replaced. IT specific ones include people with programming skills like Cobol and other legacy languages.
Most younger graduates want to be animators or games developers.
I don’t see modern boards value experience as much as they should… IMO, they see short term margins as much more important and quite happily ignore long term implications…. It’s why I quit board level duties… being asked to enforce decisions I fundamentally disagreed with.
That’s often the way these days though isn’t it, very reactionary, I get that things change and evolve but often it’s not thought through very well.
And there’s a massive rush to the bottom in most areas.
I fully intend to retire from the type of work that I’ve been doing for the last 28 years once I hit 55.
I could conceivably see myself getting a part-time job after an initial break from full time work, but it wouldn’t be in my current field. I could maybe see myself helping my mates out with their cycling events and guiding businesses, or maybe a part-time job in a bike shop, but I wouldn’t be doing anything stressful and it wouldn’t be because I needed the money.
That’s my plan too… ish.
Might possibly be 56, but won’t be much after that unless my job gets a lot better ( highly unlikely)
I actually fancy the Tesco delivery job part time, if they got me a 400 bhp remapped delivery van.
On the more frustrating days my aim is just to reach 55 which seems like miles away, as I’ll have more options at that point!
Like you say, something less stressful and avoiding endless paperwork and just responding to things.
I’d like to go back to something technical.
At work?? Or… 
Good Morning
I can now officially post on this thread !
Now I don’t feel like such a fraud racing 50-54 this year.
Happy birthday !
50-54 is were all the cool kids live
Happy birthday @Blueandy, I’m the back end of 55-59, so stay off my lawn youngen 
Happy birthday, welcome to the elite section 
Happy Birthday 
Happy birthday 
Welcome to the club
Happy birthday 
Happy Birthday -welcome on board 
many happies - welcome to the old farts
BTW - if Saga contact you, tell ‘em where to get off!
Happy birthday
I’m sure the nhs are already pursuing him as he’s now in the vulnerable category 
Booking my next booster as we speak.
Have a strange craving for werthers originals and cardigans.
Get yourself some eau de cabbage cologne too