
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
A typical career, for many, involves some kind of progression, or at least the expectation of it, until we stop and retire. But is there a better model?
Evan Davis and guests discuss whether more of us should think about easing into retirement by taking more junior roles, going part time, or switching profession altogether, instead of stepping off a career cliff edge when we reach pension age. Could this expand the number of job opportunities for older workers, whilst also helping younger workers push through the ranks?
Stepping back isn’t an option open to all, though, and there could be big implications for pensions, so how should older workers begin to calculate if, or when, it might be possible?
Matthew Rideout, founder of Knead & Desire Bakehouse;
Thanks also to the listeners who sent in voice notes, and to everyone else who emailed [email protected]
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Producers: Simon Tulett
The Bottom Line is produced in partnership with The Open University.
(Picture: An older man laughing and looking at a laptop with a young woman in a workshop. Credit: Alys Tomlinson/Getty Images)
4.7
3131 ratings
A typical career, for many, involves some kind of progression, or at least the expectation of it, until we stop and retire. But is there a better model?
Evan Davis and guests discuss whether more of us should think about easing into retirement by taking more junior roles, going part time, or switching profession altogether, instead of stepping off a career cliff edge when we reach pension age. Could this expand the number of job opportunities for older workers, whilst also helping younger workers push through the ranks?
Stepping back isn’t an option open to all, though, and there could be big implications for pensions, so how should older workers begin to calculate if, or when, it might be possible?
Matthew Rideout, founder of Knead & Desire Bakehouse;
Thanks also to the listeners who sent in voice notes, and to everyone else who emailed [email protected]
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Producers: Simon Tulett
The Bottom Line is produced in partnership with The Open University.
(Picture: An older man laughing and looking at a laptop with a young woman in a workshop. Credit: Alys Tomlinson/Getty Images)
5,404 Listeners
1,837 Listeners
61 Listeners
7,683 Listeners
1,817 Listeners
1,086 Listeners
45 Listeners
2,131 Listeners
895 Listeners
56 Listeners
1,940 Listeners
1,060 Listeners
58 Listeners
301 Listeners
818 Listeners
74 Listeners
104 Listeners
655 Listeners
746 Listeners
2,974 Listeners
3,067 Listeners
980 Listeners
242 Listeners
39 Listeners
30 Listeners