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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being stuck in a dead end job at age 50+ is a real problem. What are the economic benefits of him staying (pension, insurance etc.) versus moving on? He has a ten year horizon to consider. [/quote]

I think men tend to take higher-risk/higher-reward jobs while women tend to take safer/stable jobs. The problem is that as you get older, it's difficult to compete with guys half your age that run circles around you when it comes to technology and being hip to the latest trends. Unless you are exceptionally talented, or are able to move high enough up the corporate ladder that you are insulated from having to directly compete with the younger crowd, it's impossible to keep up forever. As a result, there is an epidemic of over-50 males that are either chronically unemployed, or underemployed and are typically depressed, on opiates and somewhat bitter/defensive about it.

The safe, stable careers that women tend to keep are often better in the long run. I have an older relative who has been working at a public library, literally scanning books and writing overdue book nastygrams for decades. She never made much money, but she's in a union, gets a nice pension and benefits, while her ex -- who made good money when he was young -- is now basically a burned out semi-retired blue collar worker that has basically no hope for getting a decent job again.[/quote]

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