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Ageism, the acceptable "ism".

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  1. Anonymous

    Boy it sure seems that way right?

  2. Anonymous

    I'm a millennial and feel like it happens to me. Everyone wants Gen Z I guess.

  3. Anonymous

    Guess what? Age discrimination is illegal when against employees, but 100% legal against job seekers. If you doubt it just Google RJ Reynolds age discrimination case and see for yourself. It's based on a case where an applicant found out that an employer (Reynolds) had explicitly told a recruiter not to refer anyone with more than 10 years experience or who was over 35. He sued--and lost. It went all the way to the Supreme Court in 2017 and they refused to hear the case.

    It's definitely the only acceptable "-ism." You can walk into any greeting card store and buy a card ridiculing old people. Just a joke, you say? Try doing the same with any other group and see if people still think it's funny.

  4. Anonymous

    It’s interesting you say that

    I filled the HR Manager Role and noticed in my file is says “Older Applicant”

    things are NOT WORKING OUT after only 3 weeks - this has never happened before and I’m about to loose my mind…..the thought of the interviewing process makes me want to bury myself in a hole

  5. Kat

    That's the same thing, Don't put the blame on older workers when it's more complex than that. Ageism is a bias against older workers, whatever the reason. Those reasons include: not wanting to pay for experience, wanting only "early career" workers, thinking older people won't work hard enough, can't learn new technology, won't fit in with younger workers, and/or looking to coast into retirement amongst other things. Some are conscious biases and some are unconscious (like being put off by grey hair/wrinkles, or a long tenure in one job/company). Companies are cheap and always want to spend as little as possible for labor, this is true. But companies need to look beyond a simple number and hire the best candidate for the job, regardless of age.

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