Now for the REAL Story!

From Management Issues
Pete's Points
After the article yesterday about the young whinging POMs being discriminated against, finally there is some more interesting news about the REAL discriminiation which is happening in the UK - see below.

Over one million 50 - 65 year olds in the UK are ready, willing and able to contribute to the economy but can't get a job because employers won't recruit older workers or retain the ones they already employ.

The continuing problem of older workers being pushed out of jobs and on to benefits and early pensions is highlighted in a new report by trade union body, the TUC, which calls on the government to introduce policies and practices to encourage firms to retain and recruit workers over 50.

The finding echo a study published in May which found that while nearly six out of 10 baby boomer Britons want to work beyond the normal state pension age, two-thirds find it impossible to get a job within 10 years of retirement as firms still seek to put employees aged over 50 out to pasture.

I know there are the cynics that will suggest that since this information is being produced by a Trade Union it is more suspect than information launched through a survey by an insurance giant.

The question is really who do you want to believe?

I have been receiving correspondence from young people who have access to this Blog which highlights that all they seem to want is for their parents to die so that they can inherit the estate that their parents (the "baby boomers") had built up through years of hard work and then sit on their fat bums living the life that they assume they were destined to have. No work all play and with no worries besides. Of course there are others, these believe that the world owes them a living and one that is well remunerated for just turning up on the job.

Meanwhile, stupid older people like me are still willing to try and find work and make a contribution.

I have to say that I am certainly getting to the stage where I am getting heartily sick of young people doing nothing, but whining about how hard life is and that they are unable to get a job commensurate with their self image.