Re:Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older W...
by dspillett on Thursday December 21, 2017 @09:43AM
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> his keenly developed taste made him more likely to choose something that would be more maintainable long term.
But the same taste, and knowledge born of experience that there is little as long-lived as a temporary solution, might make him put his foot down and try to prevent management enforcing a short-cut that will generate technical debt. This can make older, more experienced, people seem more difficult to work with.
They may also be more likely to have family commitments or have developed hobbies that require commitment (when I was marathon training last year, sticking to my plan meant arranging extra work around that rather then the other way around) so are less inclined to do overtime because bad planning elsewhere has caused a "crunch". This isn't a case of expecting more money for doing it, it is simply not wanting to do it no matter the incentive because we don't want to compromise on the things that make life feel worthwhile (younger people are easier to convince that they'll have time for that later!).
None of this is fair to judge on, of course. It does not impact their ability to do the job well in the contracted time unless things are badly managed around them. But they are still considerations some people make when hiring.
But the same taste, and knowledge born of experience that there is little as long-lived as a temporary solution, might make him put his foot down and try to prevent management enforcing a short-cut that will generate technical debt. This can make older, more experienced, people seem more difficult to work with.
They may also be more likely to have family commitments or have developed hobbies that require commitment (when I was marathon training last year, sticking to my plan meant arranging extra work around that rather then the other way around) so are less inclined to do overtime because bad planning elsewhere has caused a "crunch". This isn't a case of expecting more money for doing it, it is simply not wanting to do it no matter the incentive because we don't want to compromise on the things that make life feel worthwhile (younger people are easier to convince that they'll have time for that later!).
None of this is fair to judge on, of course. It does not impact their ability to do the job well in the contracted time unless things are badly managed around them. But they are still considerations some people make when hiring.