Re:If nearly 40% of Americans aren't Working, What are they ...
by hwstar on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @01:06PM
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I suspect rampant age discrimination in the US keeps a lot of the 50+ crowd from working. Companies prefer younger employees who don't know that they are being taken advantage of, and that don't have a high health insurance cost.
In my case, I may be retiring early as San Diego's engineering job market is pretty terrible at the moment.
Qualcomm and HP doing layoffs does not help. Fortunately for me, I have rental income and investments to live off of.
The job market would be more equitable if we had single payer health insurance, and there was a limit on exempt employee working time (Like the EU). Enacting this two things would increase workplace diversity, increase the number of jobs available, and significantly reduce age discrimination.
In my case, I may be retiring early as San Diego's engineering job market is pretty terrible at the moment. Qualcomm and HP doing layoffs does not help. Fortunately for me, I have rental income and investments to live off of.
The job market would be more equitable if we had single payer health insurance, and there was a limit on exempt employee working time (Like the EU). Enacting this two things would increase workplace diversity, increase the number of jobs available, and significantly reduce age discrimination.