Yup, and age discrimination is rampant as well. I’d say 50 is where it starts being a serious drag on an IC candidate. People use terms like “fit” and “team dynamics.”
"culture fit" is what I've heard, but "fit" is good to watch out for too, so good to know, as is "team dynamics" which I had not come across before (in this context).
Gracias :)
"team spirit" and ”teamwork" are other terms to watch out for, when used in the wrong contexts, as expressions of factors that might be beyond your control.
#parsing_pun
you should hire people who are worse candidates because.... they're disadvantaged!
Not saying that, but some of those reasons for passing on a candidate are straight-up illegal.
Illegal if you do it explicitly. Legal if you do it by proxy criteria and plausible deniability.
Eh I wouldn't call that legal but rather a good coverup.
Schrödinger’s cat. It’s not illegal till the court looks at your situation and says it is. Companies do plausibly illegal things all day long.