My father is a Baby Boomer, he'll be 60 this year. He was "packaged out" of a job he had for 16 years in 2015. (Meanwhile the year after he was turfed was the first year in 16 years that the organization didn't hit its targets, but I'm sure that's just a coincidence. *roll eyes*) He has been constantly interviewing since then. I've lost track of how many interviews he's gone to. He's been the second choice for many. But he hasn't been hired and consistently the companies end up hiring someone in their 40s. They can pay them less because they have less experience and assume they'll stick around longer, ignoring that younger people commonly job hop now. One recruitment firm won't even look at his resume, we suspect because of his age.

My dad could retire now, but he doesn't want to and keeps trying to get a job. He would love to still be working. I imagine there are a lot of Boomers in that position.