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LA VERGNE, TN. — At age 64, Justin Sok had been thinking about retiring in just a few years from his job at the Whirlpool Corp. refrigerator plant, where he's been a machine operator for the past 20 years.
Instead, he's now having to think about making a career change, forced on him by Whirlpool's plans to close the plant on Aug 15. With so much time invested in his job at the company, Sok says he has no other skills.
A lot of companies better wake up and realize the value of the 'mature' worker. They usually bring a wealth of knowledge with them, and most have a good work ethic and are viable at providing guidance, training , knowledge to younger unexperienced book learned younguns. Baby boomers and beyond should not be thrown by the wayside...retirement age keeps creeping up, out of necessity and better health, yet many face unspoken age discrimination.
These companies and others are going to rue the day they let the good ole ones get away..........
Whirlpool is closing the plant because, with the "current market conditions, we must consolidate to eliminate redundancies and optimize our efficiencies," company spokeswoman Monica Teague said.
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