I recently met two people who were laid off after spending 20 years at their companies. They were replaced with people in their 20s who will save the company money because they are just starting out in their careers. What some may think is ageism is actually job seniority-ism. Your thoughts?

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It’s so weird to me that companies are overlooking all the time and money they will have to invest in those new employees for them to be at the level of the experienced. Not sure why it’s an all-or-nothing situation for them.

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Agreed :(

When the math isn’t mathing, it’s how a lot of these decisions are made unfortunately. Most of the people cut aren’t going to find something else that pays their worth. And they’ll deal with being “over qualified” for smaller positions.

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It’s so messed up

That sounds about right. This is why I always say nobody is safe during layoffs. They don't care how long you have been there.

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It is so scary

This is becoming more common and, at least in my opinion, being accelerated by AI. Companies have deemed these long-time employees as "too expensive" and are counting on AI tools + younger employees to fill the gaps left by their absence. If loyalty in the workplace wasn't dead before, it most certainly is now.

It’s so scaryyyyy

I doubt it saves the companies as much as they think it might.

Seriously, and the company looses so much knowledge

I’m mid career and this keeps me up at night. I feel like if you stay at a company a while your relationships are worth a lot more than your results.

I know

Same thing.

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