Historically, IBM has held a bad reputation for how it has treated his older workers (ageism and also disability discrimination). Back in the day, they intentio

Historically, IBM has held a bad reputation for how it has treated his older workers (ageism and also disability discrimination). Back in the day, they intentionally changed the demographics of their workers, intentionally, through mass termination layoffs. So, a situation like OP described, is very likely to happen. This industry is "gone wild" anyways.