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Re:269 people join class-action lawsuit against Google claim... by devrandomguy on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @08:11PM (#14975037)
It is the one minority that we all inevitably become. "Respect your elders" has all kinds of reason behind it.
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Re:269 people join class-action lawsuit against Google claim... by AstralStorm on Thursday August 10, 2017 @03:30AM (#14977261)
Petty big minority of about a quarter of the population nowadays and that is only if we're counting retirement age. If you go above 40 then it is somewhere around half of population which does not compute as minority. This means companies are effectively excluding huge swaths of potential workers.
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Re:269 people join class-action lawsuit against Google claim... by collyw on Thursday August 10, 2017 @08:01AM (#14978775)
Its a minority in the tech workplace.
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Re:269 people join class-action lawsuit against Google claim... by pfranz on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @10:07PM (#14975725)
The alternative is less appealing.
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