Canadians aged 50 and over have 64% more disposable income than people under 30, a gap which threatens this country’s economic growth and social stability.

I am quite interested in the post that wrote by my classmate Zhaoxuan: Companies should focus on its people – the employees. The original news article is basically talking about that the elder,s whom are much  independent and have more experiences, have more job advantages than the youth. People argued that it is another discrimination which aims at the young workers.

Personally, I am agree with Zhaoxuan’s opinion that  “a company’s corporate culture is fundamental to its success”. That is why we should focus on this kind of unbalance employment. I believe that the evaluation to hire workers should focus on their characteristics, skills and abilities. Employers should not criticize them by age, gender and so on. Those criterions cannot represent everything. On the other hand, it brings negative impact to the current employ market. The young people are depressed after they got a nice degree but cannot compete with the elder. It may also stop firms from innovating.

I have the following advices to the employers. Firstly, it would be a good try to increase more welfare for the elder workers in order to value their contribution. Secondly, a strict and careful evaluation progress for the new employees would be recommended for employers. It would help them to select and hire great employees.