Why bother working? I was advise to get a rich husband instead !

We were looking for a new person to join our team, & I was surprise many who applied were people in their 40s to 50s. If you take a look at our 'culture', you'll see an unwritten policy. The older people will stand no chance with us.  People in their fifties are increasingly finding themselves stuck in limbo.  On one hand, they're too young to retire & too old to get re-hired.

One can blame the economy, deep down everyone knows age discrimination was also at play. It's very difficult to prove hiring discrimination, because unless somebody says, 'you're too old for this job,' you don't know why you weren't hired. Plus, employers may have rational qualifications that are inadvertently weeding out older candidates. Recent education and technological skills are two areas where older workers are more likely to come up short compared to the younger competition.

"When there's a large supply of unemployed workers, employers can afford to be choosier, and they're opting for workers they think are less expensive or more recently trained. That's a hard reality for older job-seekers. When you're at 50 or 60, you've had a lifetime of work. You've played by the rules, and the rug has been pulled out from under you.

This topic is sort of taboo around the office. A senior colleague 'advise' me to get a rich husband & marry soon to become a taitai- it's a jungle out here she says!!!!