<p>The older, more experienced people who worked in my H’s human resources dept were all required to re-apply for their positions over a year ago. None of them were selected. Instead, young inexperienced people in their early to mid 20’s were hired to replace them. He suspects the reason they did this was to save money since the older employees were earning a higher salary. My H said things have deteriorated significantly since then. Very little, if any, screening is being done. Which means he has to spend more time screening prospective new hires.</p>
<p>I wonder how often older employees are being “let go” in order to hire “cheaper” younger employees?</p>
<p>I’ve been out of the work force for 20 years. Now that I’m in my mid 50’s, I think it would be extremely difficult to find a job due to age discrimination. Plus the fact that I’ve been out of the work force for a very long time. However, if I were in a position to choose between a young, inexperienced applicant and one older and more experienced, I’d pick the older worker.</p>
<p>By the way, this same NY Times article was posted in a thread started by Barrons yesterday.</p>