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> But the people rehired, oddly, are all younger. And that is ageist. Is it though? Or is it just that younger people are just cheaper to hire? It’s the same r
by manuelmoreale 2y ago
> But the people rehired, oddly, are all younger. And that is ageist.
Is it though? Or is it just that younger people are just cheaper to hire? It’s the same reasoning in reverse. Older people with more experience demand a higher pay. And if you’re motivated—again, wrongly—just by money you probably will end up hiring younger. Because it’s cheaper.
And again, I think it’s dumb. Just not ageist. It’s probably greed which is not uncommon in the business world.
- groby_b 2y agoAgain, as I said in my message: Pay for position stays the same, independent of age. Firing is disproportionately old people who get replaced with young people at the same pay That's the issue.
- manuelmoreale 2y agoDoes pay stay the same? Genuinely asking. Like is someone with 15 years of experience not getting paid more than someone with 1, even if hired for the same position? And we can obviously argue how that’s even possible but that’s a separate issue altogether.
- groby_b 2y agoI mean, that's the same as saying "are elves paid the same? We can obviously argue how that's even possible, but that's a separate issue altogether" It's a nonsensical hypothetical.