If you do not need as many workers as you did previously, are you going to blow one of your ‘hires’ on a young person who might not work out? Or are you going to go with the person with more expericen, etc. It would be irrational for the company to choose the younger worker in this circumstance, which reflects what we do see here.
Yeah I don’t think any company who wants to remain competitive years from now want to not hire younger workers...median ages at most defense contractors in over 50....especially on the engineering side.
I don’t think most companies are looking far enough ahead.