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In reply to the discussion: So, I was told today that I am, basically, too old to be considered for a particular job [View all]TBF
(32,058 posts)34. Honestly I think it's mostly the money -
they want to pay as little as possible unless they definitely need some type of experience. And then they will pay as little as they can to get that kind of experience.
There are always going to be some exceptions (and sometimes you actually find them in big companies - when departments may have a bigger budget than a small firm might), but that's the reality with capitalism.
I don't know how republicans expect people who are unemployed between 40-70 to get jobs. Maybe they are figuring the baby boom generation will eventually die off and then it will even out again (I can see them thinking this way, they are heartless bastards by and large).
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So, I was told today that I am, basically, too old to be considered for a particular job [View all]
LuckyTheDog
Jun 2012
OP
Law, schmaw. Who brings a tape recorder to their job interview? So it
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#46
Another Reason To Raise Taxes On The Rich... Another Reason To Lower The Reirement Age To 55...
WillyT
Jun 2012
#10
Another reason for a Guaranteed Annual Income (McGovern '72). Subsistence
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#48
Ha-ha-ha-ha. Oh man, do you have any idea how long the EEOC takes to investigate
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#49
That's funny. It's almost exactly the opposite of what an attorney specializing
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#67
Thank you for this wonderful detail. I'm filing away in case I ever bump into
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#70
OT, but just noticed your sig line and it took me down memory lane to
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#75
A "hiring manager?" Not a job consultant or a headhunter, but someone who works at a place where
MADem
Jun 2012
#14
I may be well near 60 when I next look for a job. I think there will be a huge labour shortage by
applegrove
Jun 2012
#21
We really need to start naming names. See my post immediately below yours. I dare
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#45
Had the exact same experience when interviewing with mahalo.com. The
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#44