On the Zhihu, someone once said that this is an era of "love and hate".

The times are constantly developing and technology is progressing. Everyone enjoys the convenience and comfort brought by "technology". However, most ordinary people are also influenced by the development of the times.

For example, with a technological innovation, a new industry will rise and an old industry will fall. People in new industries can earn a lot of money, while people in old industries can only leave in a daze.

What should these people who "suddenly resign" do? Are people who need food and clothing. They lose their jobs, so they can't live?

In fact, people who have experienced the "old industry" will learn new skills again and then find a job again, so as to strive for a new peak in their lives in the new industry.

However, changing jobs is not easy. If you are young, it is easy for you to change jobs. But if you are an elderly middle-aged person, it will be difficult for you to change jobs.

Nowadays, it is normal for middle-aged people to face the "crisis" of unemployment, inability to find jobs and even having to do odd jobs to make ends meet. Because many industries are "excluding" middle-aged people, except institutions.

We might as well think about such a question, why can't middle-aged people find jobs and frequent unemployment become a reality? There are three reasons, which are cruel.

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Reason one: the trend of youthfulness in the workplace has intensified.

Now all walks of life advocate "rejuvenation". The development of "rejuvenation" is at the expense of "dismissing middle-aged and elderly people".

We should have a deep understanding of the word "development". Don't always think that it has only a "good" side and no "bad" side.

You should know that "one careless move will ruin all bones" is an eternal situation. With the continuous development of the industry, there is the reality of "elimination" and "abandonment" after all.

If you have experienced it, you will understand that when you become a victim of "industry development", no one will care about your life and death, even if you lose everything, no one will pity you.

The jungle law of "natural selection, survival of the fittest" continues, and we can't imagine the reality as beautiful. You know, cruelty is eternal, but happiness is short-lived.

Take the trend of "youthfulness" in the workplace as an example. Enterprises believe that the existence of "middle-aged and elderly people" will only slow down the development of enterprises, and the managers of enterprises will abandon you mercilessly, no matter what you pay.

Some people once thought that I had contributed so much to the enterprise and spent most of my life. Why was I finally abandoned? How can it be so unfair?

In fact, the world is not fair at all. Your contribution, at best, is called contribution, at worst, it is just to help the rich.

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Reason 2: No enterprise wants to have too much burden.

If you are the boss of an enterprise, which do you think will consume the resources of the enterprise and increase the cost of enterprise development, middle-aged people or young people?

Practically speaking, it must be middle-aged people who consume enterprise resources and increase enterprise costs.

First of all, in terms of salary, middle-aged people are older, and his salary is naturally higher. Sometimes, the salary of a middle-aged person can be compared with that of two young people.

Secondly, from the age point of view, elderly middle-aged people bring higher risks to enterprises. Once something happens to middle-aged people, the enterprise will lose money.

Finally, in terms of efficiency, middle-aged people can't compete with young people or robots at work. Letting them stay in the enterprise at this time can only be a waste of enterprise resources.

These three aspects are the ideas of many private enterprise bosses. You know, enterprises and bosses, their purpose is to make money, "mercenary" is their nature.

In their eyes, there is no feeling, no friendship, only eternal interests. Employees are like tools, they are used and discarded. This is particularly realistic and particularly sad.

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Reason 3: The turnover rate of the industry is accelerating, and most jobs will be replaced by robots.

A few years ago, when people just proposed to replace humans with "artificial intelligence" to do some dangerous work, some entrepreneurs suggested that in the future society, artificial intelligence will replace humans in most positions.

Today, a few years later, the number of sanitation workers in some cities decreased and was replaced by sweeping robots. Some hotels have reduced their cleaning staff and replaced them with service robots.

Even in a factory where most ordinary people have worked, the assembly line inside is fully automated. And there are fewer and fewer workers working in it.

And now some places try to use "robots" instead of "security guards". Others suggest using "robots" to send express delivery and take-away delivery.

Most middle-aged people, after losing their jobs, either work as security guards, or send express delivery or take-away. But how can the boss hire middle-aged people when robots can do these jobs?

More importantly, with the development of science and technology, although there will be new jobs, they will never be as fast as the old ones. It may be common for middle-aged people to face unemployment crisis and find jobs in the future society.

People should not only compete with people, but also with robots. So, it's realistic.

Text/There are deer in Shushan