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9. 55 here and still employable

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 11:35 AM

Feb 2013

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Workers over 50 are the new 'unemployables' [View all] ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 OP

I have a number of 50ish friends who've lost jobs in the past year or two. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #1

WTH do the assholes running the US expect these people to do? ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #2

The assholes don't actually care MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #4

I think in NC some secretly hope the expendables will die zazen Feb 2013 #8

The Lucky Sperm Club HangOnKids Feb 2013 #21

Living this now..... samplegirl Feb 2013 #3

Me, too. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #13

The only thing I can get after five years is substituting duffyduff Feb 2013 #14

Here in Arkansas, chervilant Feb 2013 #15

Low figures like that are more common duffyduff Feb 2013 #20

Oodles of applications over the past five years, dozens of interviews, duffyduff Feb 2013 #22

Am there...doing that.... Wounded Bear Feb 2013 #6

Yep. I'm there. n/t OneGrassRoot Feb 2013 #7

55 here and still employable slackmaster Feb 2013 #9

Unemployable At 50 Is Not New - Corporations Dumping 50 Somethings In '90's TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #10

OMG!!! chervilant Feb 2013 #18

Great post! chervilant Feb 2013 #16

I Am Assuming That You Are Posting Your Article On DU Willl Look For It. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #17

Yes. chervilant Feb 2013 #19