Why Employers Value Older Workers

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One partial solution to ageing workers: Allow them to work part time. The government has a strong incentive to keep people working. (A working person is a tax payer) and possibly would fill in the gap on the benefits. E.g. If it takes 6 part timers to do the work of 4 full timers, then the employer gets a tax deduction equal to the cost in benefits for two workers.`

sherwood of SC 10:12AM November 23, 2012

I agree with all posted comments. I am working in government, with everyone at the supervisor level over 50 but, certainly not 60. They are evil, disrespectful to older workers. Additionally, youmger worker arehired, but the older workers are directed to help "them because they are behind in their work"! What a joke if they came to work and sat down long enough to work, they would not be behind. But the ones in charge continue to let them slack off. I am getting out soon as I am looking for a part time job!! The majority of workers who are retirement age, or have sufficient years to retireare either retiring earlier or retiring and going to work for other companies. I am so depressed and stressed!

Patricia Taylor of NC 7:30PM May 06, 2012

What utter nonsense. Employers are not looking for older workers. I'm 60 years old and was laid of in 2010. I was unemployed for a year before I got a temp job. I started the job with 4 other people 2 new full time hires and two temps. Guess who were the new hires and who were the temps? That's right, the new hires were young and the two temps were older. After the temp job was over they refused to hire the temps even though they had job openings!!!

Stan of NJ 7:40PM May 05, 2012

I don't buy any of this. The company that decided that I needed to go, after they basically sucked all the life out of me is doing it all over the country
The only people they want are under 40, and really under 35. As a 55 year old, I am totally unwanted and discarded as useless
I guess I could go into an entirely new industry, but at 55, what since does that make as I have no desire to start over at 55 - nor do I want to buy a franchise, or go into insurance
My industry has turned it's back on me, as I'm not 35
All this hype about companies wanting and caring for older workers is total BS and just writer trying to make people who have given up hope, some false hope

Gary of IN 4:33PM May 05, 2012

Not necessarily so.At the NYS Unemployment office, older workers on unemployment, meaning those over 40, are told basically that instead of looking for a job, one should think about opening one's own business, because most employers are not going to hire people over 40. this is not only in NY. In my human services job of 15 years, I and others over 40, 50 and 60 were either pushed out, laid off, or fired.
At the UI office, I, and a friend over 60 received a flyer on learning about going into one's own business. I was 59 at the time and now am 60.

Debra Corwin of NY 9:53AM May 04, 2012