Why employers DON'T want older job seekers.

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What you have not addressed is that most hiring managers are in their 30's and 40's. These people are afraid of managing people who are more experienced than they are. My experience is that the hiring mangers are afraid to hire older workers becuase they feel threatened by them. It's not because they think we'll leave, it's because they feel exposed.

I went through all of this recently. After 20 years in the Air Force, I went back to school at 45, got a mechanical engineering degree to add to the stack, and then nothing, a big heaping pile of nothing. I watched all of my classmate get picked up for jobs before they even graduated. No one, and I mean no one, wanted to hire me as an entry-level engineer. Sure, every other company wanted me as a technician, but as an engineer, the response was always "Sorry, but we don't think you'd be a good fit." My last corporate job as a controls tech, I got the tech job and the 20 year old girl, with no programming experience, no systems experience, no electronics experience, etc got the entry controls engineer slot that I applied for. After the added insult to injury the DEI/white guy BS that I experienced, I just gave up. I now run a single man shop. I do well enough for myself, and Corporate America can kiss both hairy cheeks of my GenX ass and now can pay the full invoice, no discount.

As a young man I was certain, If I continued to learn and worked hard I would be valued and promoted - HA! 25 years into an IT career and I can only describe working for a private company as a circus. I never realized that people could be so ignorant and petty. It's a wonder anything gets done when you factor in the towering pile of BS that exist in most organizations.

Ageism is not new. My former employer downsized in 2012 and my whole department was let go. At 51, I'd been with the company for 15 years with 7 promotions from customer service rep to corporate VP. I had strategic planning and operations management experience, global expertise, tech savvy and proven P&L success. I had dozens of interviews and made the short list several times, only to see offers go to a younger candidate. Finally I got wise and started my own business. Best decision ever - should have done it sooner.

My recent experience is you don’t get a chance to counter their excuse for not hiring you. You just get ghosted. With virtual interviews they don’t even show up! No communication, no integrity.

It’s been a tough ride for Gen x. For years the boomers locked us out of higher paying positions and now we are getting under cut by younger generations. I just hope I can keep working at a decent salary until my mid-late 60s.

I remember before I went to college I would interview for jobs and get told I don’t have the education they were looking for. After I graduated from college I was interviewing for jobs and was told I didn’t have the experience they were looking for. I was like jeez. What do these people expect? It took me forever to get a job and the whole time I was judged for being unemployed. The world is crazy!

At 72, I've been putting up with ageism for 20 or 30 years. Having had a career in computers / networking communications, I saw the handwriting on the wall and retired at 55. Having observed the technology sector since then, I'm convinced I made the right decision. What used to be a rewarding lifelong career field has become an overly competitive collection of temporary young workers willing to accept long hours and no job security, where people over the age of 35 are considered to be "over the hill". When I first got into information technology in my early 20's, we younger workers looked up to the older people who were our supervisors and managers. They not only "managed" us on a daily basis, but provided invaluable insight and training in working with computers, data, and networking. Those times are long gone. In irony, we live in a time when medical science and nutritional advances have allowed people to live longer, while society is increasingly treating those over 40 or 50 as irrelevant and a burden.

“Overqualified” is absolutely enraging because a good manager will surround themselves with people smarter and more qualified than they are so they have a great and productive team. A good manager would always aim to be the dumbest person in the room. Then when all of the people they helped get promoted they have people who loved them as their boss making the decisions on whether or not he gets promoted. Stack the deck above you with your allies and play the long game.

I would always want a 63 year old surgeon with 30 year experience over any young hot shot. Same with any job. There is no substitute for experience.

One thing I've realized about Millennials and GenZers is that they are the most siloed generations ever. As a GenXer I knew I had to work with a multigenerational workplace. This means I worked alongside members of the Silent Generation, Boomers the same age as my parents, my own GenXers, and Millennials. We GenXers knew we had to be adaptable and open minded to generations that may view things differently, and still make it work. We were adaptable. Millennials and GenZers are inherently inflexible, and don't even get along with each other.

I used to be a supervisor for a company for 20 years. They always wanted to hired young people. Well they did not want to work, always on the phone, half did the work, didn’t come to work or requesting days off. I finally decided to hire someone older in her 50s. She was the best receptionist I ever had. She came to work 30 min early each morning. Stay late. Did her work, never request for a day off. Older people have more loyalty and pride in their work. I decided to open my own business and I offered her a job and she said yes.

Me 32 years in industry ... no call backs... no warranty issues. Yet They hire unskilled kids . call backs warranty issues and lawsuits. you think hiring a pro is expensive ... just hire an entry level amateur.

The best thing anyone can do past 45 years old is to start and or buy a business! To hell with the 9 to 5 bull-crap!

I lost my corporate loss control insurance job and then went into an eight year tailspin before I snapped out it . Ageism is absolutely a part of the workplace that workers must deal with

All of these comments are eye opening. I’m 48, had planned to work until 65, but I realize now that I should plan to retire at 55…anything past that will be a bonus. Already, I’m one of the older people in my company.

I actually worked for a company where I had to participate in the recruitment process for a researcher. The recruiter, who I had worked with for many years, actually showed ageism against one of his candidates. I was shocked, and then disgusted. Then thought, this will happen to me one day. We hired the mature candidate, because she had the skills, knowledge and experience.

Most humorous response from a company I interviewed with (Hewlett Packard): "We are afraid you will eat our young".

"Who wouldn't want a superstar at a discount price." Thank you for this. It felt refreshing