South Dakota

All over the country, employers have fallen for stereotypical notions about older workers. Q: When exactly does "older" begin? In some cases, much earlier than 55 years of age. It begins the moment that "nothing personal, just business" leaks into the conversations in Board rooms and in their Govenor's and elected officials' offices. Welcome aboard should never mean, "we are delighted to be able to disrespect your efforts in favor of ours." Of course, we live in the time of hypocrites that rarely practice what they preach, so consider the following statistics and what really is occurring in the world of the "personal" workforce. We certainly know who ROL favors: the young adult, educated, rich (often unearned), white, extroverted, beautiful, heros, celebrities, and gawdly...and we like the fiction of a "good ending" to almost every story.

https://resumelab.com/career-advice/older-worker-stereotypes

(snip) According to the research papers we examined, the popular stereotype is that workers over the age of 55:

Aren’t motivated
Don’t participate in extra training or career development programs
Are resistant to change
Aren’t as productive as younger workers
Don’t identify themselves with companies they work for
Are distrustful of other people
Have poor health
Will let their family lives get in the way of work
Won’t share their knowledge
Are more expensive to hire than younger candidates
Will leave the job sooner than their younger colleagues.

But we thought…

Come on, it can’t be the case in 2020! No way people still pigeonhole older employees like that.(snip)