commonrail:
How about approaching companies direct,and asking for part time work.
When I was at Lockwoods… there was 3 or 4 retired blokes,that just covered holidays and weekends.
The problem isn’t just the shortage of part time work.3 days per week can sometimes be found.But it’s the workload expected regardless with most vacancies calling for laughable amounts of multi task/role working practices and that applies to numerous sectors even trying to find supermarket check out work.
The employers obviously know what they are doing because most of such vanacies always lead with the easier more attractive part of the job then put all the duties expected in the small print or sometimes only explain them at interview when you’ve wasted time and money attending.
In driving job terms usually along the lines of Driver required but must be willing to do numerous other types of jobs as required in most cases involving hard physical graft of one sort or another and/or silly multi drop expectations etc etc.The interesting bit being that these jobs are permanently advertised or advertised on a continuous revolving basis.So what is clear is that even younger fitter East Euro labour isn’t taking it.What’s also clear is that the labour market is being manipulated to maximise the supply of labour both in terms of a silly Retirement age regime and expecting one worker to do the job of two.Even in the case of non HGV garage work type jobs often calling for 8 am - 6 pm 6 days per week which could be job shared on the basis of 3 days on 3 days off and even those often requiring silly unnecessary other duties like yard marshalling,veleting and general labouring which could/should be seperated off and reserved for younger fitter workers.