When I lost my job two years ago, I felt an awful depth of shame. How could a professional woman like myself with a content achievement be overlooked. I thought my good work would be my safety net,
I underestimated, however, how leaving work in such a circumstance alienates colleagues, friends and community. One day, I had a network. The next day I I did not— or if anything, I had a significantly a reduced group to whom I could turn for support and guidance. This is why I wrote “ you’re always 39. How to survive late career job loss and reinvent yourself.” I see the push to remove workers from our workplaces. I see the ways mature professionals are set up to miss unreasonable goal and denigrate s when they do. Mature professionals— especially women— can find themselves jobless at a time when starting new work is difficult.
This is common. Forty percent more women than men are forced to leave the workforce by age 65. This puts more than 20 million out of work and can lead to chronic un- and underemployment. See more 60 and 70-year olds at Walmart or your local grocery stores? I do and I always ask what brought them to this place of employment now. Most of the time, the story is the same: my employer let me go and I couldn’t find work in my chosen field.” This is one of the trend limiting entry/level jobs for college grads. Corporate America is giving entry roles to AI. Then, they are pushing mature professionals out under the guise of cost savings.
It’s a matter of short term results over long term gain. Many younger employees aren’t ready for these jobs, get frustrated by the political demands of corporate environments and burn out. They leave and the employer has to find another person for the role. Did they achieve cost savings? After several turnovers and reduced productivity, not to mention low morale, their budgets become strained again.
I know more than one company where this is happening. After pushing out older workers, replacing with cheaper and less trained younger employees, they have not driven down costs. Nor have they met revenue goals. Entire teams perform tasks one mature and seasoned professional used to do with results.
We need a workforce with opportunities for both entering employees and aging employees. The stereotypes of both age groups have been shown to be false. College grads do want to work hard and grow. Mature professionals can be tech savvy, innovative and fun. Our workplace is in crisis because of these trends.
This is why I wrote my book. I suggest ways to help women in developing their careers as they age. Development and personal growth should never stop. My book helps women understand today’s work environment, how to recognize and respond to age/based issues, how to protect themselves, and how to come back stronger. I wish this advice had been available to me.
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