Top 4 Reasons Employers Give for Not Hiring Older Workers

The top four reasons employers give for not hiring older workers was revealed in a MaxSolutions study of 500 Australian business managers and HR professionals. The reasons are certainly applicable in the U.S. and understanding these stereotypes may help an older job seeker nullify them in a job interview.

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Breaking the Age Barrier/Unlocking the experience of older Australians in the workplace

[kmbbmj]

The survey left out the biggest reason #5: Older employees have a finely developed BS detector and often know more than management. Managers don't want someone around who knows too much.

[fremontpathfinder]

Employers better be careful. A retirement home fired a 78 year old receptionist after she came back from a brief surgery and asked her all kinds of discriminatory questions. The EEOC got involved and had to pay a big setttlement. One of the reasons I am not retiring is I have a high paying union job. Not letting go of that.

[autumngrace]

If the internet were to get taken down. Most the younger people will be very lost on how to operate and work without it.

[anatriellociucci]

Experience means a lot; we can sense bad management at a job interview ( high turn over) or spot potential butnout from excessive workload in a short time. Workplace liveability matters way more than the wage itself for me. I'd rather work less on a daily basis but for a long period of time than goimg in&out of the market.

[TheMightyCookieShow]

Well in my particular case I just turned 51 and I am pretty well seasoned at this point know who I am and what I can do and what I'm worth and I'm not willing to be taken advantage of and I think that's probably a huge reason why older workers may have more trouble than younger ones because younger ones are not quite as self-assured yet. They will take a job that demands them work like they're in a sweatshop all the time and make barely any money just like we were 30 years ago.

[charlottesellstx]

I can't tell you how many jobs I have applied for and "crickets". Never hear back even though I am well qualified for the job. Age discrimination is rampant!

[tatertot]

The employers don't want to pay them for their experience. They would rather hire a younger person so they don't have to pay them as much .

[yvonnefinch]

I would rather employ older people than these so called youngsters and I definitely would not employ a kid from university that has been in protests. Oh and these people who say they not employing older people ummmm you not exempt from getting old yourself. So when your karma comes of being turned down don't cry.

[cpreality]

I like hiring older people cause they have better work ethic!

[computer-training-for-seniors]

I realised a long time ago that nobody would ever give me a job, so I started my own small business and have never looked back.

[kfbzxgx]

I prefer to hire older workers. Younger workers are full of drama, they're always in a crisis!! They call in all the time they have children issues! Older workers show up they do their job no drama, no excuses. They do their job.

[firebird]

Most of these younger workers only stay 2 or 3 years, so why is someone worried about an older worker only being around for just a few years?

[HEHE-dxog]

Great reasons to hire older people. They show up on time. They actually work. They don`t need safe spaces, therapy dogs and beanbag time. They also don`t need pronouns.

[lind]

Health concerns? I’ve seen these kids leave work early because they said they had a tummy ache!

[yqyidmm]

A good 40 year old is always better than two 20 year olds. Every time.

[ricklundeen]

Everyone wants that 25 year old kid who is naive and will work for cheap. Once you hit 40, youll start to notice places are skipping over you, and once you ht 50, you really notice it. YET they - always want to seem to raise the retirement age to 70--

[michaelbulger]

I was let go from a senior management position at 55. Spent 8 months searching for work. Was told a couple of timrs I was overqualified. Switched to plan B and went to truck driving school. Got my commercial license and drove semis for several years. Retired at 62.

[pabs]

At 64, I was furloughed in 2020. I thought they’d let me go eventually. Nope, they called after 6 months and said ‘we’re ready for you to come back, but you’ll be working 60-70 hrs per week on salary’. I retired. Not worth the agony.

[savannahsmiles]

The word isn't reluctant it is REFUSE to hire us.

[phylliselizahb]

We "oldsters" have learned new techno constantly since the 1980s! It's an agist excuse. Just discrimination!