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Um, I know it's not industry specific, but in the United States, since the 2008 Recession, workers age 55 and older have been the ones gaining employment. Zero
by 6stringmerc 10y ago
Um, I know it's not industry specific, but in the United States, since the 2008 Recession, workers age 55 and older have been the ones gaining employment. Zero Hedge routinely posts the BLS numbers that show just how much better the Oldsters are doing than the Under 30 crowd. Projecting a false notion that older workers are being slighted, when the opposite is true, is not good for the long-term health of a Consumer-Based economy like the United States.
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t09.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t09.htm
- dragonwriter 10y ago> since the 2008 Recession, workers age 55 and older have been the ones gaining employment I suspect that's less a trend against age discrimination against them and more a trend that they are progressively less able to retire acceptably.
- 6stringmerc 10y agoSo who is responsible for that cohort being "less able to retire acceptably" if they've been on this Earth in the United States long enough to reach the ripe age of, well, let's just pick 55? If you'd give me the leeway, I'd like to rebut that there's no reason for a website catering to OLDSTER or GEEZER employees when they're still a blood clot of mobility. Or, in more plain terms, why shouldn't a person use critical thinking to ask if a person over the age of 55 is smart enough and/or has good judgment if they haven't positioned themselves as able to retire? Does this register at all?