When Thomas Hasek decided to get immunized against shingles a few years back, he had to pay $ 200 for the shot. That struck him as unfair — after all, the childhood chickenpox vaccine addresses the same virus, and it’s publicly funded.
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The Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Force of Ageism
Editor’s Note: This article is part of Exit Interview, a series of conversations about leaving one’s career. In 2014, Gordon Rothman, a multimedia producer who worked in TV news, lost his job at CBS in a mass layoff. He didn’t sit idle. Rothman had already been volunteering for Gatewave, a radio reading service for the […]
Millennials outnumber baby boomers in tech — and it highlights Silicon Valley’s ageism
Jaimie Trueblood/HBO Millennials are close to constituting a majority of the tech workforce while older industry vets struggle to find work. The new study by job search website Indeed exposes ageism in Silicon Valley. The tech industry’s prejudice against older folks is alive and well — though that doesn’t mean millennials have its easy. According […]
