The Fight Against Ageism

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I am not young…but I am not old. I am at the ripe ole age where I am straddling mid-life, casting a wary glance over my shoulder hoping that a personal crisis will never pounce on me unannounced. I’ve written about mid-life crises before and also, ashamedly so, have joked about it.

But I can say I understand what mid-life is like right now.

According to a simple Google search, ageism can be described very simply as follows:

“…prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person’s age. Ageism in recruitment is an increasing problem”

Take, for example, the last part of the description, it never really shook me, despite knowing its effects during my early years as a youngster as I saw older bosses shake in fear every time they did something wrong in the office, until recently.

No matter where you are geographically, ageism is an infuriating problem.

And here’s what you might hear if you’re an older person.

You’re too old to be hired as cheap labor. You’re too experienced to be a part of our young, dynamic team. You’re too unbending because you’ve got so much experience behind you. And of course, you’re too expensive. You can’t move fast enough…