Friday, June 13, 2003


Ageism hits Generation X?
By Ryan Dilley
BBC News Online

It's well known that ageism blights the careers of those who grew up listening to Elvis and the Beatles. But a new survey suggests workers from the Nirvana generation - those aged just 35 - may be suffering age discrimination too.

At 35, many workers feel they are at last making some progress up the slippery career pole; that they have won the respect of their managers; and that they still have their best working years ahead of them.

Actually they're viewed as being past it. Over the hill. Deadwood.

This is the disturbing finding suggested by a survey of ageism in UK workplaces by recruitment firm Maturity Works. ...