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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's weird is the 50s is when women are done raising children or have children in the upper grades of high school. They have fewer distractions, they don't need to leave early to take care of children, they can fully focus on the work. Sure, they don't look 30, but they don't have that baggage, either. [/quote]

I agree--I don't get this either.  I consider myself a good employee (44, two ES aged kids) but I'm going to do what I have to do and be done for the day.  Give me 5 more years and I will happy to work much harder and will have more time to dedicate to work.  In my 30s, I was looking for a job that had good maternity benefits and would let me go part-time eventually.  Which I did, but I didn't stay forever.

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It's probably the  perception that old people can't work as fast, learn new things, and cost  more - health insurance and salary.

But, yea, it's not like now a days most companies provide pensions.
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Anecdotally, I’ve found it’s really that older workers have much higher salaries. Unfortunately, this means that they are much more costly to keep on if their skill set is one that can easily be done by a 20 or 30 something. Look for jobs where expertise and in institutional knowledge is valued. [/quote]

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