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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. ...