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Bill is gone now, but many older workers still feel his pain!
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Mitch Betts' post, "IT staff laid off while fat-cat private-equity owners rake in the dough", brought up some memories of my neighbor, Bill, who died suddenly last year. He was only in his early sixties but spent the last decade jumping from job to job after being laid off as an HVAC technician for over 25 years. A dedicated and hard worker, Bill claimed he was just another victim of age discrimination by the large company where he worked which was bought out by an even larger company. Having a very hard time getting rehired, Bill found that finding work was next to impossible in his field at his "advanced" age. He even went back to school hoping for a career change to IT, but still couldn't find work - even during the IT tech boom where work was plentiful. When he did find work, it was always short lived. It saddens me still to know how he struggled as an aging worker. Who said life's ever fair?!
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