Old Geezers and Young Turks
Friday, February 5, 2010 at 6:00AM 
Why do some companies replace older workers just because the younger ones can sit in their chairs for half the price? How much is that half-priced chair costing the company now?
Is it because the younger workers will buy into the company’s philosophy, no questions asked? They won’t rock the boat?
Maybe experience isn’t valuable. Experience is making mistakes, learning from them, and not repeating them. I point out to other speakers a mistake we made on one direct mail piece that cost us $50,000 in mailing costs and $100,000 in lost sales. The same mistake I see many of them making. We discovered one sentence in our brochure (they use too) that cost us $75,000 in lost sales. Another mistake, excuse me – experience – we made can save speakers over $1 million.
Experience or inexperience. They both cost.
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Reader Comments (2)
You're right about both experience and inexperience carrying costs. However, as a younger worker, I've got to quibble with you on the point that we'll just buy into a company's philosophy hook-line-and-sinker. In fact, we may even be more likely to rock a boat than some older workers. Generally speaking, we don't mind taking on "the man." Maybe experience will change my mind?
... Smiling at Jeb Brooks' comment.