The aging workforce is becoming a significant concern for technology employers in the U.S., where a third of employees will be aged 50 or older in just four years. Ten years ago, the story was the “graying of Japan,” where aging workers were expected to be less productive in their golden years as well. That prediction turned out to be true — and a similar spectre is now haunting the U.S. economy, just as it has emerged from a spiral in economic confidence after the terrorist attacks of 2001.
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Aging Workforce a Concern for US Tech Firms
Posted by: Gene Koprowski March 4, 2006 01:30 AMThe aging workforce is becoming a significant concern for technology employers in the U.S., where a third of employees will be aged 50 or older in just four years. Ten years ago, the story was the “graying of Japan,” where aging workers were expected to be less productive in their golden years as well. That prediction turned out to be true — and a similar spectre is now haunting the U.S. economy, just as it has emerged from a spiral in economic confidence after the terrorist attacks of 2001.