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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Work longer. That's the answer. [/quote] Ageism No one likes to hire older workers, they say, outside of execs and highly specialized people. Most people are not that. So then what?[/quote] You stay at the job you already have.[/quote] That isn’t always an option - at 53 my entire field was vaporized by Trump and Elon Musk (USAID funded public health) and now I and my thousands of former colleagues are competing for the small pool of public health jobs still out there. I’m not going to lose my house or go hungry, but the reality is my retirement is not going to be what I had planned unless I can find another full time job pretty soon.[/quote]
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