I recently decided to seriously look for a consulting role after 2 years. I have over 15 years of experience in Pharma. I am now learning there is discrimination based on age when it comes to employment and salary. Is this true?

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Ive noticed it in the workplace while working with colleagues but not yet experienced it via employment opportunities and salary. Im not surprised to hear there is bias held based on age - lot of CV guides mention to remove graduating dates from school

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