Title: 6 Examples of Ageism Hiding in Plain Sight
Headings: 6 Examples of Ageism Hiding in Plain Sight
6 Examples of Ageism Hiding in Plain Sight
6 examples of ageism in the workplace
Example #1: The imbalanced workforce
Example #2: The ageist layoff
Example #3: Young people are lazy
Example #4: The benevolent computer genius
Example #5: Older people live under rocks, don’t they?
Example #6: Younger people (or older people) are destroying X, Y, and Z
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Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza

Content: Examples of ageism often hide in plain sight, especially in the workplace. Here are six of them that you might encounter in your office and what you can do about them. 6 examples of ageism in the workplace
Example #1: The imbalanced workforce
Have you ever worked in an office where everyone was under the age of 30? Perhaps even the boss is very young. While this isn’t necessarily a product of ageism, your organization may have a problem with balanced hiring. It’s true that there is unequal distribution of ages across industries. For example, 20 percent of workers in computers and electronics manufacturing are between the ages of 25 and 34, while just 5 percent are over the age of 65. Similarly, the age of the average florist is 13 years older than that of the average pharmacy employee. Your organization may have a problem with ageism if it received applications from candidates of all ages but hires employees only in a single age bracket.