I'm a maritime engineer that got the lay-off slip 4 weeks ago. They got rid of all the "Old-School" people, 50 yrs plus. I've been keeping in touch with the other "old-schoolers" and they are finding absolutely nothing as far as employment goes. I feel as if I am at a "crossroads", and have to change professions.

Companies often advertise that they seeking "energetic" workers meaning young.
Old School need not apply.

I am employed at what appears to be a stable job. But I am making a lot less than I did at my last job. I have at least one friend over 60 who has been unemployed for about a year, and she is having a very hard time finding work.

Unfortunately, we no longer have the imagination or creativity to think of some other solution, so that's the one we're probably stuck with.

Hateful freaks they are.

I was already 70 years old at the time. It was not because of my age because 3 others were laid off on the same day and all were younger than me. My job was completely eliminated. I did not even try to find another job because I knew that people over the age of 50 had a hard time finding employment, and I certainly did not wish to be a WalMart greeter. Fortunately, I was already collecting social security, so I just decided to retire.

I guess that "straight white males" game forgot to look at reality.

I'm an unemployed over-50 straight white male. I've certainly been better off in many ways because of being SWM, in that I haven't faced certain prejudices. That doesn't insulate me from other prejudices, like ageism.