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So what are people supposed to do? lol Just die? Seems harsh.

by nickthemagicman 9y ago

mythrwy 9y ago
The answer is obvious. Lower the retirement age to 40!
- petre 9y ago
  Then they would refuse everyone over 30.
  - ThrustVectoring 9y ago
    Lower the retirement age to birth.
    - Markoff 9y ago
      or just introduce basic income and no need to touch retirement
      - AckSyn 9y ago
        With a UBI there's no need to work either.
ncr100 9y ago
Prove it was an illegal action and defend your right to employment: https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/age.cfm https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/age.cfm "The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) forbids age discrimination against people who are age 40 or older."
- deleted 9y ago
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- wyclif 9y ago
  I appreciate your straight answer, and the call to defend employment rights. However, isn't it quite difficult to prove age discrimination? How successful are these legal actions?
- Harken 9y ago
  ...and if you're filtered out at the resume stage, good luck proving the intent.
  - dragonwriter 9y ago
    If you can get to discovery, consistent filtering at the resume stage is probably the easiest thing to prove is unambiguous age discrimination.
- dbbk 9y ago
  Wait... it protects against discrimination only if you're over 40? So if you're under 40 you can be discriminated against? Isn't that discrimination itself? Huh?
Markoff 9y ago
don't publish specific dates for your education and don't mention first few jobs which are anyway worthless, immediately you got few years younger alternatively you could put your age data in some link with tracking to figure out if they had look at it
- laughfactory 9y ago
  Yeah this will just drive intelligent folks to strip academics dates from their resumes, and limit things to one page containing only their recent employment history. The article was horrifying because I'll be 40 next year, and am just now really getting rolling in my career. And I certainly don't think of myself as any less than my younger colleagues. Sure, I have more baggage and other priorities (bills, family, hobbies), but I still work hard and deliver a lot of value.

So what are people supposed to do? lol Just die? Seems harsh.

mythrwy 9y ago

The answer is obvious. Lower the retirement age to 40!

petre 9y ago
Then they would refuse everyone over 30.
- ThrustVectoring 9y ago
  Lower the retirement age to birth.
  - Markoff 9y ago
    or just introduce basic income and no need to touch retirement
    - AckSyn 9y ago
      With a UBI there's no need to work either.

ncr100 9y ago

Prove it was an illegal action and defend your right to employment: https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/age.cfm https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/age.cfm "The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) forbids age discrimination against people who are age 40 or older."

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wyclif 9y ago
I appreciate your straight answer, and the call to defend employment rights. However, isn't it quite difficult to prove age discrimination? How successful are these legal actions?
Harken 9y ago
...and if you're filtered out at the resume stage, good luck proving the intent.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  If you can get to discovery, consistent filtering at the resume stage is probably the easiest thing to prove is unambiguous age discrimination.
dbbk 9y ago
Wait... it protects against discrimination only if you're over 40? So if you're under 40 you can be discriminated against? Isn't that discrimination itself? Huh?

Markoff 9y ago

don't publish specific dates for your education and don't mention first few jobs which are anyway worthless, immediately you got few years younger alternatively you could put your age data in some link with tracking to figure out if they had look at it

laughfactory 9y ago
Yeah this will just drive intelligent folks to strip academics dates from their resumes, and limit things to one page containing only their recent employment history. The article was horrifying because I'll be 40 next year, and am just now really getting rolling in my career. And I certainly don't think of myself as any less than my younger colleagues. Sure, I have more baggage and other priorities (bills, family, hobbies), but I still work hard and deliver a lot of value.