Looking for Work Advise

[linda allen]

My department is awesome and the people around me that I work with directly are awesome. We have a massive amount of respect for each other. Yet, upper management (who other area of the building) have other ideas about me.

I have learned that my work is looking to let me go but has not yet built their case fully yet. My supervisor is fighting to keep me. She and I work really well together.

I am an older male graphic designer and they want a younger person with a younger view point for my job. They are looking at options. Obviously they won't let on that it's an Age thing. That would be illegal and amoral. .
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Could it be that you have stagnated, that your ideas are, for lack of a better word, "old fashioned"? Do you honestly think you are as good as a recent college graduate would be in this job?

It's difficult for us to see us or our work as others see it. You might want to enroll in some courses to keep your skills and ideas up to date.

The company is not going to fire you because you are too old. They are looking at the bottom line and if a younger person seems more productive, that's the direction they will take. If your work is as good or better than a younger person's they will keep you.