May 13, 2024
I got laid off from a tiny start-up at age 60, a woman in a tech-adjacent field. It took me 15 months to find another job. I had the exact qualifications and background needed, and the organization was more along the non-profit side. Not biased against older workers, thank goodness, But I was fortunate. My unemployment benefits ran out the week of Christmas 2018. I started the new job May 2019.