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I know this may be kind of an odd question, but I was wondering what you think is an age at where its hard to find work strictly b/c of your age?
I guess I am asking (in a way) as to around what age do or are you most likley to be discrimated against because of your age? An employeer or company will not hire you because of your age. Has anyone experienced this and could you give an age range.
I'm concerned about this as I get older. I know that there is no exact answer, but maybe just a general idea for those of you that may be older trying to find work these days.
I was thinking maybe around late 40's to about 60 is when most people may experience a type of discrimination against them. Heck, in this day and age I wouldn't be suprised if you were discrimated against even younger say 35 to 60.
It just seems that places only want to hire fairly young people into a company. Say 22 to 35. Or maybe I have it all wrong...maybe they want older people.
What industry? I would say in non-managerial IT it starts around 40, I would say for lower paying jobs where people don't stay around long anyways, it's probably much older.
If you ask people on the forum though, you are discriminated against if you are: Young, old, middle-aged, white, black, Hispanic, male, female, overweight, underweight, attractive, unattractive, educated, uneducated, smart, dumb, rich, poor, middle class, Muslim, atheist, a Broncos fan, an immigrant, or a citizen.
What industry? I would say in non-managerial IT it starts around 40, I would say for lower paying jobs where people don't stay around long anyways, it's probably much older.
If you ask people on the forum though, you are discriminated against if you are: Young, old, middle-aged, white, black, Hispanic, male, female, overweight, underweight, attractive, unattractive, educated, uneducated, smart, dumb, rich, poor, middle class, Muslim, atheist, a Broncos fan, an immigrant, or a citizen.
I am fully aware of all that, but I guess I was just saying in general.
I guess it was kind of a stupid/vague question, but....
What industry? I would say in non-managerial IT it starts around 40, I would say for lower paying jobs where people don't stay around long anyways, it's probably much older.
If you ask people on the forum though, you are discriminated against if you are: Young, old, middle-aged, white, black, Hispanic, male, female, overweight, underweight, attractive, unattractive, educated, uneducated, smart, dumb, rich, poor, middle class, Muslim, atheist, a Broncos fan, an immigrant, or a citizen.
True.
It's funny, though. I was watching something, a comedy from England made in the 1970s and the character was something like 40 or maybe 38? and he felt washed up.
It's attitude, not age. Maybe if you get older, you have to make your own opportunities if no one will take a chance on you. But if you feel down, google famous or successful people who made it at an older age.
I find nothing wrong with age discrimination. Old people are far more risk of costly medical problems (this is the same reason I think it should be ok to discriminate against the obese and smokers for hiring purposes), and are far more likely to need additional people to complete tasks for them that a younger person could do themself. These are primarily technology related. Some old people are ok with technology and kept up with it enough to function, but the vast majority have difficulty with even the slightest of tasks or troubleshooting, in addition, they have no ability to use common business applications outside of the most basic of functions.
Point blank, old people are usually far more of a liability then their "wisdom" is worth.
I find nothing wrong with age discrimination. Old people are far more risk of costly medical problems (this is the same reason I think it should be ok to discriminate against the obese and smokers for hiring purposes), and are far more likely to need additional people to complete tasks for them that a younger person could do themself. These are primarily technology related. Some old people are ok with technology and kept up with it enough to function, but the vast majority have difficulty with even the slightest of tasks or troubleshooting, in addition, they have no ability to use common business applications outside of the most basic of functions.
Point blank, old people are usually far more of a liability then their "wisdom" is worth.
Maybe for the worker really on the older end of the scale say 60+ or so but most 45-55 years olds heve been working with (developing?) technology for the last 25 years or longer. Staying extremly physicly fit into higher ages is becoming more normal as well.
Maybe for the worker really on the older end of the scale say 60+ or so but most 45-55 years olds heve been working with (developing?) technology for the last 25 years or longer. Staying extremly physicly fit into higher ages is becoming more normal as well.
I wouldnt say 45 would be the age Im talking about, Id say, maybe 50-55 is where old people start becoming a liability.
Also, even physically fit old people are much more of a risk of health problems then even the average younger person. For most cancers, people are hardly even at risk until age 40, and for almost every medical complication not directly caused by behavior, the elderly are at significantly higher risk for.
By the way, physical fitness amongst all ages is terrible at best.
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