I agreeto Idea The Government is disproportionately old. Pay them to leave!!!!
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The Government is disproportionately old. Pay them to leave!!!!

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I work in an office with 27 people. We have 2 employees under 40. The average age is 55. This workforce is way too old!!! Many of these employees that are 60+ have no idea how to use technology and are resistant to change. Many of them do not want to or do not have the capability to learn to use technology. What is the point of giving them smartphones when they keep them in their desk drawers or spend hours trying to send an email. I have heard my office referred to as “the morgue” or “the nursing home.” I do not find this funny because I am constantly picking up the slack of this workforce that has not been forced to adapt. In the private sector, they have to compete. In the government, they just linger…

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Submitted by Community Member 2 years ago

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  1. Community Member

    The solution is to require certain proficiencies for the position, irregardless of age or other characteristics that fall into the "discrimination" arena that could come back to bite.

    2 years ago
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  2. Community Member

    You are absolutely right! When i started with the federal governemnt the secretary was still using a Victorian -age typewriter. she refused to learn the lectric typewriter. Seeing that computer software would replace my job, i left and re-educated myself, came back 20+ years later and found that my peers had not advanced and were not able to use the current computer technology, yet they were now senior management. Still stuck in the 1980s and never progressed in their thinking nor worldview. In private industry they would be unhireable. Yet they run the government!

    2 years ago
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  3. Community Member

    What happens when 40 is too old?

    2 years ago
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  4. Community Member

    It's best not to generalize views based on a small sample. I am over 50 and have skills that I feel are not being utilized. I'm fully into the new technology and wish more of it was used, video conferencing, etc. I welcome challenges but have to deal with stereotypes that all "older" workers are just biding time until they qualify for retirement. Not true. Younger workers can learn from my experiences,but my input is not sought because I am "old". That is a waste of my resources.

    2 years ago
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  5. Community Member

    When you say 55 is too old to work you are heading down the wrong path. When will it stop? It should be up to the agency to show employee's in the work place to use newer technology. Force them to learn and take away the old technology.

    2 years ago
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  6. Community Member

    Age 55 is in the Baby Boomer generation - they never grow "old" - they just burn out from overwork. That is the generation that thought they could "save the world". I recommend we switch to macintosh computers in one fell swoop!

    2 years ago
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  7. Community Member

    Depends on the individual - age is in the mind. I see many under 40 year olds who are counting the minutes, hours, days, months, and years til they retire. that is because they have worked in the government since right out of high school and are bored with themselves.

    2 years ago
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