Its not just hollywood its everywhere. Very little hiring is done at the local level, most hiring decisions are made at the corporate HR level and hiring older white males is not a priority.
I beg to differ Sir. I am one old white man that’s a hugh priority for work. My wife of 50 year has me working my azz off. I was asked by another old white guy I used to work with how I like retirement. I told him “ beats the hell outa me, the old lady don’t let me alone and the pay sucks plus no breaks.” 🙄
“Its not just hollywood its everywhere. Very little hiring is done at the local level, most hiring decisions are made at the corporate HR level and hiring older white males is not a priority.”
I was listening in on a private conversation between a Deputy Sherrif and his late sixties buddy who the deputy had known since childhood. The elderly guy was talking about the bovine excrement ticket he’d just got. The deputy said, (approximatly) “I hate to say this but we do very little policing today. We are all tasked to go out and write tickets. Those who write the most get promoted. An elderly white man or woman is the best possible stop, since we must run wants and warrants. I’d only stop a car full of blacks if I absolutely had to. That’s because it’s very likely one of them has an outstanding warrant and it takes me off the road for the rest of the day. No more tickets.”
Yep. Even as a white male in my early 40s, I’m losing out on management promotions to women of color every single time. Most of them have flimsy work experience, even outside our industry.
“Very little hiring is done at the local level, most hiring decisions are made at the corporate HR level and hiring older white males is not a priority.”
So true on HR. You could add any age for white males.