If you get entrenched in "tried-and-true" methods then your value as an employee is going to stagnate or decline - the skills necessary for the job have shifted under your feet and you haven't kept up.
This is true, but irrelevant. It can happen to 25 year olds as well as 50 year olds. Ageism is a bias such that people will assume it is more likely to be the case with older workers, and thus be reluctant to hire those workers, or move past the resume-viewing stage.
The problem with Ageism, as with any other form of discrimination, cannot be explained away by the "meritocracy", because the problem is that it creates an inequality of opportunity, meaning many older folks do not even get the chance to prove their worth.
As an aside, using "meritocracy" as a defense of the status quo is probably a habit you'll want to cure yourself of if you care about creating diverse and inclusive environments.
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This is true, but irrelevant. It can happen to 25 year olds as well as 50 year olds. Ageism is a bias such that people will assume it is more likely to be the case with older workers, and thus be reluctant to hire those workers, or move past the resume-viewing stage.
The problem with Ageism, as with any other form of discrimination, cannot be explained away by the "meritocracy", because the problem is that it creates an inequality of opportunity, meaning many older folks do not even get the chance to prove their worth.
As an aside, using "meritocracy" as a defense of the status quo is probably a habit you'll want to cure yourself of if you care about creating diverse and inclusive environments.