Hi! I am a longtime developer with a passion to empower other developers to be their best. I focus on cloud development and everything related to data access from .NET and .NET Core.
1 we stop age discrimination the same way we stop gender, race, or other forms of discrimination. We have to start looking at individuals and their contributions and stop making generalizations. I think people "get" the issue, but don't apply it to all areas. The same person who would have pause making a statement like "Women are more..." or "Men are less..." (insert stereotype at the end) is fine saying "Older people are more set in their ways." Is that really true? Or is that just amplifying an existing stereotype?
Companies must look at meaningful values rather than irrelevant facts. For example, a company concerned about people working more hours probably has it wrong already. They are activity focused instead of productivity focused. As a development manager, I had teams with employees who would produce 4x the output of their peers working 1/2 the hours. I would much rather see someone work smart and increase productivity than burn out because they have to thrash long hours to get meaningful progress.
2 Companies have the right to hire, so they have the right to fire. It has to work both ways. However, what they don't have is the right to discriminate, so it would make more sense if they must have a layoff to do it based on empirical, quantifiable reasons rather than broad statements. It's one thing if the mandate was, "Let go of tenured staff" vs. "Let go of staff that is not hitting their targets."
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1 we stop age discrimination the same way we stop gender, race, or other forms of discrimination. We have to start looking at individuals and their contributions and stop making generalizations. I think people "get" the issue, but don't apply it to all areas. The same person who would have pause making a statement like "Women are more..." or "Men are less..." (insert stereotype at the end) is fine saying "Older people are more set in their ways." Is that really true? Or is that just amplifying an existing stereotype?
Companies must look at meaningful values rather than irrelevant facts. For example, a company concerned about people working more hours probably has it wrong already. They are activity focused instead of productivity focused. As a development manager, I had teams with employees who would produce 4x the output of their peers working 1/2 the hours. I would much rather see someone work smart and increase productivity than burn out because they have to thrash long hours to get meaningful progress.
2 Companies have the right to hire, so they have the right to fire. It has to work both ways. However, what they don't have is the right to discriminate, so it would make more sense if they must have a layoff to do it based on empirical, quantifiable reasons rather than broad statements. It's one thing if the mandate was, "Let go of tenured staff" vs. "Let go of staff that is not hitting their targets."