Senior Workers Facing Blatant Discrimination

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