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Why get fired after 40 and how to become a “tenacious worker”

The main reasons for the dismissal and replacement of 40-year-olds with 30-year-olds

What is the difference between senior and young workers? There is an opinion that young workers do not know how to work, while mature ones know how not to work. In the book, Pavel Platonov gives a philosophical and colorful answer:

“Know that for many, after 40 years, mild irony released from the lips is perceived by others as sarcasm. And from the lips, for example, a 20-year-old is perceived as wit. The smile of a mid-life person can be perceived as a smirk. A calm look is like the absence of a “twinkle” and enthusiasm. A close look is like a prickly one. And refinements are like nit-picking. C'est la vie! "

So why get fired after 40? The cut of opinions showed that employers see 24 reasons for this, and employees find 26 reasons. The reasons seem to be varied: from “drink a lot, have a little snack”, “natural selection”, “reluctance to adapt” from the lips of employers to “the employee outgrows the head "," the corporate culture has an age qualification "," inadequate personnel personnel "on the part of the dismissed.

In fact, 50 reasons can be reduced to two primary reasons why layoffs after forty years become so popular:

    By the middle of life, the personal “nastiness” of people rises.
    The fall of energy. As a result, eyes are extinct.

Here you can complain about psychology, natural features, prejudice and universal injustice. But what's the point if the situation does not change out of indignation? Let's better find ways to become a “tenacious worker” and continue to build a career after 40.
How to Prevent Dismissal Due to Age

In order to prevent dismissal for an unofficial reason “due to age”, actions are required both from the side of the employer and from the side of the employee.
What employers can do for employees

Pavel Platonov is sure that at work everything begins and ends with the employer. The happiness of employees and the success of the organization as a whole largely depend on the choice of managing a company. Especially successful, Paul calls the style of the “invincible company”, which requires justice from the employer and piety from the employee. Pavel Platonov explains:

“This is a matter of high corporate culture: when the employer gives the promise,“ does not throw, ”is fair with respect to employees, does not suppress the initiative, but manages it. At the same time, the employee remains loyal, responsible and proactive. ”

In addition to the corporate culture, it would be good for the employer to be able to identify internal motives for employees to work and try to satisfy them, as well as compensate for the lack of mature employee status.

How to raise the status is an individual task: to raise someone in the post, make a curator, assign a medal, and give someone an additional, but welcome responsibility.

“This is much more possible for large enterprises than for small ones. But the way out can always be found, ”concludes Pavel Platonov.

But even with wise management, the employer can do little for burned out employees if the employee does nothing on his own.
What workers can do for themselves

So, the employer expects initiative and responsibility from the employee. That is, the success of an employee lies in the successful combination of these qualities.

When there is no desire to adhere to this trivial rule of success, there is only one recipe: to look for emotions and “charge” from them - in a word, to know how not to burn out at work.

Where to look, ask? And here you can only help yourself. Look for ways to develop that are interesting to you: it can be yoga, philosophy, playing sports, needlework - anything, just to bring positive and serve as a joy. And let's agree right away that “no time and / or money” are excuses.
Recipes for finding a job if you're over 40

If you have already had to look for work after 40, Pavel Platonov has several recipes.
1. Change your thinking from negative to positive. And consciousness - from emotionality to judgment

Stop being offended by refusals and talk about "personnel inadequacies." First of all, you need to think about a family at home waiting for money. Underestimating the internal state, accumulating malice is fraught not only for finding a new job, but also for health.
2. Find a balance between can and want

Features of “professional youth” - I want, but I still can’t, but of “professional youth” - I can, but I don’t want to. To feel comfortable in your own implementation, it is useful to find a balance between "can" and "want." Highlight for yourself: what interests you, what you are an expert at and what you can become an expert at. Work only in selected directions.
3. Get out of your comfort zone.

Gain knowledge, if not enough, and look for work in the areas selected above.

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