From JustTheNews.com….
While older Americans are more likely to stay in the workforce longer than ever before, the iconic technology company IBM is facing allegations it replaced thousands of older employees with what executives called “new collar workers,” according to the latest episode of Sinclair’s Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson.
IBM was once America’s tech leader as it revolutionized the computer punched card and, later, the personal computer or PC. However, it struggles today with perceptions it has become a dinosaur.
“IBM in recent years has been competing with a new brand of younger hipper tech companies like Google, like Amazon. And IBM has recognized that it’s got a reputation for being an older tech company,” said Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan, who represents more than 500 former IBM employees.
“A strategy that IBM has been undertaking for a number of years now is to try to systematically reduce the age of its workforce by getting rid of older employees, many of whom have been with the company for decades, and replacing them with younger employees,” Liss-Riordan said.
