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Mr. Bromide

If retirement age keeps going up, then why does nobody want to employ "old" people?

(Old is over 40 now since Millenials are in charge).

Posted - December 10, 2016
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  • 46117
    I have never been without a job.  I never think like you do.   I am employable.  I always will be. 
      December 10, 2016 12:09 PM MST
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  • 6988
    Say, that reminds me ------- I can always use a back rub.
      December 10, 2016 2:17 PM MST
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  • 5614
    Comes down to money. Don't hire them and save on benefit expenses. Retire them closer to time of death and save on benefit expenses.
      December 10, 2016 12:12 PM MST
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  • 19942
    That isn't necessarily true.  I'm 71 years old and have been employed full-time by the same firm for the past 25 years. This post was edited by SpunkySenior at December 10, 2016 4:26 PM MST
      December 10, 2016 2:11 PM MST
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  • 180
    I do think it's often much harder,  for an "old" person to get hired for a decent paying job once they've lost one. 
      December 10, 2016 8:15 PM MST
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  • Old age is over 40? Good grief, Boring, when you get to our age anybody under 60 is a kid.

    I started running into employment problems after 50 but only because technology had made me redundant. Who needs a Morse operator in the 21st century?
      December 10, 2016 8:16 PM MST
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