Ask anyone in the role of hiring and firing what age group they desire for skill, reliability and emotional stability.
Then ask them what age group they are avoiding.
Exactly. My mom is 66 and is still working-she puts in longer days and us more honest and productive than the much younger women in her office.
At present “snowflake” still doesn’t have protected group status so I would certainly want to find ways to detect them and as a consequence actively discriminate against them.
I was going to write that. When I took a job at Barnes & Noble in 2011 due to the recession/depression, the most reliable workers were women over 50. Showed up on time, dressed appropriately, and no nonsense. Some of the kiddies who worked there were bizarre in the extreme.
Didn’t we hear a few months ago that all job creation in the “recovery” had gone to immigrants? Now it turns out it was older people? Did they go to immigrants 55 and older?
The simple truth is that someone over 50 is much more likely to be tied to a mortgage and raising children, so they are a lot more motivated than younger people with neither (and who apparently don’t intend to have them going forward).
I go for older workers and vets
Bingo. The cost to provide benefits, and having to pay a decent wage seem to outweigh productivity in their book.
Modern HR practices are weaponized bigotry against people who actually know how to get things done.