I have been thinking a lot about how weird it is that experience can sometimes work against you. You apply for roles knowing you can do them, but somehow being seasoned makes people assume you are too expensive or too set in your ways. It is frustrating because growth is the goal. Has anyone else felt like having experience actually made it harder to move forward?

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Yep. It’s actually age discrimination. Which is why they advise hiding some of your earlier roles in resumes. Sad but true.

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I just applied for IHOP dishwasher in lake wales

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I agree with you on having experience can work against you. I have been looking for employment for several months now and I seem to be getting nowhere. I know that I have the qualifications for the positions I’ve been applying for.

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Yeah ageism and perceived ageism are definitely a problem in retail. Companies just want to hire young kids with no experience so they can treat them like dirt under pay then and they won’t know what’s good for them.

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