Who are the best employers for older workers?

Being known as a good employer to work for is something to be valued. Your present employees are happy and aren’t looking for a different job and you’ll always find plenty of good people who want to work for you. If you are an older worker, close to the end of your career being with a company that understands and welcomes the benefits of having older and experienced workers, you should feel fortunate because not everyone is so lucky. Some companies don’t view workers over fifty as important as younger employees and that is unfortunate. But there are plenty of companies that do according to aarp.com who came out with their annual list of best employers for workers over fifty.


To make it on the list you have to submit an application where the company will be asked several questions about hiring older workers (and keeping older workers), career training, and work accommodations. The benefits that a company has to offer its employees are also very important, as well as the benefits it has to offer retirees.

This whole concept of judging employers sounds beneficial for not only older workers but younger workers as well. It would be nice to see the results for all major corporations.

What is interesting is that the list is made up of health corporations and large universities. I guess it makes sense because health and education are so vital to the wellbeing and development of everyone. These companies understand the value of all their employees.

Something else that AARP pointed out was that great companies usually have great HR teams working for them. That is quite significant because employees don’t always know what their rights and benefits are, an HR team can communicate this information

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