研究顯示 科技行業年齡歧視嚴重
When tech workers reach the grand old age of 45, they see the number of jobs they are offered drop, according to research by Hired, a tech recruitment platform.
科技招聘平臺Hired的研究顯示，當科技行業從業者達到45歲的“高齡”時，他們會發現自己能找到的工作減少了。Salaries begin to fall for those aged 45, with candidates in their 50s and 60s asking for the same pay as millennials with just two years' experience.
45歲時收入開始下滑，50、60多歲的應聘者對薪酬的要求與只有2年工作經驗的千禧一代一樣。Laurie McCann, a senior attorney with AARP, which advocates for older people's rights in the US, says ageism in the tech industry is a "very big problem".
爲美國老年人維護權益的組織--美國退休人員協會的資深律師勞裏·麥卡恩表示，科技行業的老年歧視現象是個“非常嚴重的問題”。
Two-thirds of older tech workers say they have witnessed or experienced age discrimination at work, according to a 2013 survey by the organization.
該組織2013年進行的一項調查顯示，2/3較年長的科技行業從業者表示，他們在工作中目睹或經歷過年齡歧視。"People brag about how young the average age of their workforce is and say downright derogatory things to older people, almost like they are above the law," McCann says.
麥卡恩說道：“人們吹噓着其員工的平均年齡有多麼年輕，還不客氣地對比較年長的人說貶損的話，幾乎就像他們凌駕在法律之上一樣。”Ashton Applewhite, author of "This Chair Rocks: a Manifesto Against Ageism", says one of the reasons few age discrimination lawsuits are brought is people are reluctant to identify themselves as older.
《這把椅子好得很：反對年齡歧視的宣言》的作者阿什頓·阿普爾懷特表示，年齡歧視訴訟很少的一個原因是，人們不願意承認自己年齡較大。"Age discrimination is often the first kind of discrimination that white men encounter in the workplace," she says. "I'm really looking forward to those guys getting radicalised."
她說道：“年齡歧視往往是白人男性在職場遭遇的第一大類歧視。我真的希望那些人變得激進一些。”
