There is age discrimination rampant during hiring. Older people are viewed as burden. I believe it’s untrue at least for management and leadership positions. Educated older people now use technology as frequently as younger people. Every aspect of job gets better as we age.
Don’t forget this is the generation which invented supersonic jet and personal computer. Most companies retire their people in 60s. This is not a good idea. People are investment. With rising awareness on fitness people live mental and physically healthy well in their 80s.
And the more we employ the older people, the more we save on pension. One day most of the countries will become bankrupt paying pensions as life becomes longer and in few decades more than 50% people will be living for 100 yrs. Imagine paying pension for 40 years post retirement
Age related discrimination in hiring should fall. Countries political leadership should put efforts to create more job opportunities instead of retiring people at 60. So long as I am feeling physically and mentally active, I don’t want to retire.
Cant imagine if I was in a job and asked to retire in next 3-5 years. I think I will be in the peak of my performance in next 5-8 years. What a waste of resource it will be with all the years of experience and wisdom gathered over the years asked to sit home and wait to die.
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