Newly unemployed workers do not want to admit it when they are worth less than what they earned in their previous jobs. It is a blow to their ego, and a failure to recognize that the labor market has changed and this is the new normal. Sadly, they sit in the unemployment pool for months or years holding unrealistic expectations while their work skills and mental and physical condition deteriorates.
Over-50 job seekers that claim discrimination should realize that employers have many choices available to them. Employers understandably pick younger workers with years of increasing productivity ahead of them instead of years of decreasing productivity. PS: I’m in the latter category.
