Older Americans are facing age discrimination and working longer anyway

Older Americans are facing age discrimination and working longer anywayOlder Americans are facing age discrimination and working longer anywayOlder workers want to stay on the job longer, but they face age discrimination and have difficulting getting jobs.About half (51%) of all adults said older workers often dealt with age discrimination at work,according to a recent survey conducted byThe Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moraOlder workers agreed just over half (58%) of Americans age 50 and older say that older workers face discrimination in the workplace, and 75% think their own age is a disadvantage when looking for work,Approximately a fifth of workers age 50 and older feel theyve been ignored for a promotion or a raise because of their age.A full 79% of women and 70% of men aged 50 and older said their age made job search ing mora difficult.The 2019 Working Longer Survey looks at the effects of the trend of U.S. workers who are opting to stay in the workplace and put off retirement. Older workers meaning those who are 55 or more have since 2005 comprised a larger share of the labor force than those age 16 to 24.The survey was conducted online and over the phone with 1,423 adults.Nearly half of all adults think older Americans working longer is beneficial to the national economy, and 39% think its good for workers in general. A third of all workers say its good for their career, and 46% view it as good for their workplace culture.However, things begin to skew when you break those responses down by age and then by education.Not everyone is happy to see older adults staying on in the workforce.Older Americans, naturally, support the working longer trend 53% of Americans over age 50 said that working past age 65 was a boon for the economy, and 50% said it was good for workers in general.Younger America ns see the trend much more negatively only 38% think its good for the economy, and just 30% think its good for American workers. (It skews further if you separate by education 47% of adults under age 50 with at least some college education say that people staying in the workforce past 65 is bad for workers overall, compared with 25% of those under 50 with no college education).The young-old divide continues while 51% of workers age 50 and older workers believe that having more older workers in the workforce to be good for their career, and 51% think its healthy for workplace culture, fewer young people agree. Among younger workers, only 27% say having more older workers around is good for their career, and 43% see their presence in the workplace as positive for the culture.When broken down along the lines of education 37% of workers under age 50 with at least some college say people staying in the workforce is bad for their career, compared with just 20% of young workers with no col lege education.No matter how you slice it, being an older worker in the U.S. isnt easy. Despite all their experience, just 6% of older workers cited their age as an advantage to their career.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people