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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wasn’t in high risk high reward IT career. I am out at 52. So don’t feel secure that only those are affected by ageism.[/quote]

Same here. Booted at 50. Salary was not high, $155k. Been a year. Not even close. [/quote]

You have struggled to find a job for a year? [/quote]

This is not unusual at all in your 50s. [/quote]

But what about all the news about labor shortages, hard to hire?[/quote]

Shortage of people with 4-6 years of exp out of college. [/quote]

Why don’t the 55 year old take those jobs. Is it that huge a pay cut?[/quote]

And, when you start digging into it - there are a lot of shortages in hospitality, food service, retail, and other front-line jobs. It is also a candidates market in white collar jobs, but there has started to be a lot of evidence companies are posting jobs and claiming they aren't getting candidates, but they actually are just choosing not to hire. Kind of hard to study but more and more insider stories are coming out about inflated job postings (1 job posted in 15 cities as recruiting tries to get better at handling remote job postings, so it appears like more jobs than there are) or the recruiting processes simply grinding to a halt, no one hired even though there are applicants. It is saving the company money in the short term to drag their feet on hiring and the pain is usually on the front line people who pick up the slack, have mandatory overtime, etc. [/quote]

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