11/20/2017

Where Are All The Older People at Work?

The new discrimination we don’t discuss

If you are a little bored at work, (which is probably now, since if you are reading this you have already run out of interesting things to do), take a look at the people around you in the office. How many people do you see that look as if they are between 45 and 55 years old? My bet, not too many.

I have noticed a disturbing trend develop in the job market. Over the last year, I have seen a significantly higher amount of older employees out of work. Additionally, these people, in their late 40's to their 50's, seem to stay unemployed far longer than younger people.

This appears to be a growing trend of under-the-radar bias and discrimination against workers of a certain vintage.

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