Senior Workers Facing Blatant Discrimination
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One in four of America’s workers is 55 or older. But age discrimination persists in offices, keeping many of those people out of jobs.
Why it matters: Older workers are facing long periods of unemployment, stressful job hunts and mounting financial stress — and employers are missing out on an entire generation of life experience.
The big picture: “Ageism is the last acceptable ‘ism,'” says Carly Roszkowski, VP of financial resilience programming at AARP.
- More than 40% of workers over the age of 40 say they’ve experienced age discrimination at work in the last three years, according to a recent AARP survey.
- And nearly 40% cite ageism as their top concern when trying to look for work.
- Employers admit that they’re looking for younger talent, per ZipRecruiter data: 47% say they’re worried about older workers’ tech skills and 25% say they’d pick a 30-year-old over a 60-year-old if both candidates were equally qualified.
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https://www.axios.com/2023/09/02/ageism-age-discrimination-statistics-america-2023-workplace
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