> How different is age as an attribute compared to: Felons, the mentally impaired, the under-qualified, those lacking physical attributes?
For that question to work you need to explain why age would disqualify somebody.
A felon has committed a serious crime in the past, demonstrating they may be unsafe or untrustworthy.
A mentally impaired person may not be able to think things through and solve problems that come up in day-to-day work.
By definition, an under-qualified person can't do the job.
A person lacking a physical attribute may literally not be able to perform the required tasks.
There is nothing like that directly associated with growing old. In fact, experience is a big positive, and that actually increases with age, which should make older people more desirable than younger ones.
And how is this supposed to be worse than hiring a series of youngsters, each not yet knowing how any company works, and then replace'em when they are just begining to get a clue?
Why would you replace them when they "get a clue"? I really don't understand what everyone here is on about, including the downvoters.
The parent asserted there is nothing disqualifying an older person from being hired. I gave one reason, essentially that health declines when you age.
No one refuted my point, yet I get downvoted to oblivion. It kind of says something about older people if this is how they respond to critical thinking.
I can't say that this sort of response is unexpected, though, given my experiences with the older generations. They tend to be short tempered and unwilling to consider alternative evidence to their (foregone?) conclusions.
I guess that's another reason to avoid hiring older workers. They're likely to have a lot of hubris.
For that question to work you need to explain why age would disqualify somebody.
A felon has committed a serious crime in the past, demonstrating they may be unsafe or untrustworthy.
A mentally impaired person may not be able to think things through and solve problems that come up in day-to-day work.
By definition, an under-qualified person can't do the job.
A person lacking a physical attribute may literally not be able to perform the required tasks.
There is nothing like that directly associated with growing old. In fact, experience is a big positive, and that actually increases with age, which should make older people more desirable than younger ones.