Is there a listing of companies that discriminate against over 45 or the employed in hiring?

[swayne]

You can't imagine how many of my friends are in this horrible position in their work lives (or lack thereof) through no fault of their own...

There used to be a time where companies would have their layoffs mentioned on the evening news and we could determine on our own whether it was justified or not. A lot of these companies are simply destroying lives of fellow Americans for the almighty dollar. It is utterly devastating for those over a certain age...

Companies such as Comcast, T-Mobile, Aetna and various companies in many various type of industries simply do not hire the unemployed or over 45's due to "unwritten" internal policies.

Companies that do this to people need to be exposed, in my humble opinion. It is destroying the fabric of the nation and playing into the hands of the most heinous conservatives among us. It is our last hope in exposing the underbelly of corporate citizenship in America.

[Orrex]

1. Google "Companies in the United States"

That should get you a pretty good list that meets your criteria.

[galileoreloaded]

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. It's pretty hard to find a list because it's illegal

to discriminate on the basis of age (you're officially "old" at 45) according to the Age Discrimination in Employment act - so employers are really sneaky about it. They will almost always be able to come up with a reason for not hiring somebody that sounds legitimate, and it's very hard for the "old" person to prove discrimination. You will seldom find any written internal policy or memo. Especially in IT companies, the hiring people are young themselves and will have a negative attitude toward older people, assuming they aren't up to speed on the industry.

I had to take an early retirement because my employer moved my job to another city (that I really didn't want to move to) after a merger. I haven't even tried to find another full-time job because I know I won't ever get one because of my age (I have educational and other credentials up the wazoo, but it doesn't matter).

[swayne]

7. Everyone knows it, but the country turns its collective head.

I am going to start a repository.

Please contact me with the name of any company that you have experienced or believe is doing this. I will compile the results and present them to legislators.

This simply cannot be allowed to continue.

I have to do this for my friends and the people I love...

[KamaAina]

3. Yes.

It's called "the Fortune 500".

[Wounded Bear]

4. List those who don't discriminate....

It's a shorter list...

[RudynJack]

5. Yes.

Here's the list.

All of them.




Whether it's policy or not, older workers are discriminated against. It may not even be conscious, but it occurs.

[reformist2]

6. Some of these S&P 500 companies are starting to look like Logan's Run.

So many workplaces are dominated by people in their 20s and 30s, with a rapid falloff above that. It's creepy.

[TheMastersNemesis]

8. I Have Posted Several Times On DU About The Fact That Employment Is Over at 42 -

in this new world of work delivered by Ronnie Raygun, the GOP, the US Chamber of Commerce and corporate America.
I red when I was at DOL an actuarial that said - A worker becomes a LIABILITY at 42 and is a NEGATIVE asset because by that time they accrue vacation, some medical conditions, and have family and children that need a higher income.

Getting rid of workers began in earnest under Reagan. Yet workers have pretty much remained antilabor, antiunion and antigovernment. Now we will have a "right to work" nation where even joining a union or seeking collective bargaining will be almost impossible. This is what you get when you continue to elect conservatives and Republicans.

Democrats have been meek on running pro union because they get their ASS WHIPPED in elections when they talk pro worker regulation. And workers still support and defend their thieving CEO's and corporations.

Even today after 15 years of retirement I still hear workers saying unions and high wages have caused our problems. They are more anti union and anti labor and anti government than ever.

Nothing will change until we go back to what FDR pushed.

[SheilaT]

10. I guess I'm the only person in this country who got hired when I was well over 45.

Many times. Most recently, I've gotten four jobs after turning 60.

And heck, Verizon was willing to consider me for a job in their store where they sell phones just a couple of years ago. I'd already gotten a different job, so I turned them down.

[ladjf]

11. Same for me. I was a DBA and data analyst. Had no problem getting and keeping jobs

well after 60.

[RebelOne]

12. Maybe I am the second person in the country who was hired

after 45. I was hired at one job when I was 55, then laid off a couple of years later, and found another job when I was 57. I stayed there until I was 71 until I was laid off again. I was not let go because of my age because three others were laid off at the same time who were a lot younger than me. The company was cutting costs because of lack of advertising. It was a publishing company. So after losing my job, I just decided to retire because I knew no one was hiring people in their 70s.

[librechik]

13. nobody's going to admit to that.

you find out when you try to go to work for one. And that's it--don't try and sue either.