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IT'S A DIRTY LITTLE
SECRET, AGEISM.
SILICON VALLEY'S AGE BIAS
IN THE INDUSTRY.
THE TERM SILICON VALLEY WAS
COINED ON JOIN 11th, 1971
WHICH MAKES IT 49 YEARS OLD.
BUT IT'S FAIR TO ASK WOULD
SILICON VALLEY EVEN HIRE A
49-YEAR-OLD?
I TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT AGEISM
IN THE TECH INDUSTRY, AND WHAT
SOME ARE DOING TO STOP FATHER
TIME.
REPORTER: INJECTIONS,
LIPOSUCTION, CHIN LIFTS,
MICRONEEDLING.
COSMETIC PROCEDURES YOU MIGHT
EXPECT TO SEE A WOMAN GETTING,
BUT TIMES ARE CHANGING.
THIS IS A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER
PLASTIC SURGEON IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
THE AVERAGE WORKER IS ABOUT
30 YEARS OLD IN TECH.
REPORTER: MEN ARE SEEKING
OUT THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH TO
STAY IN THE GAME.
IN A RECREPT WASHINGTON POST
ARTICLE, DR. FAN SAID ONCE
YOU'RE 35, YOU'RE SEEN AS OVER
THE HILL.
THEY'RE VIEWED AS ALMOST
IRRELEVANT BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO
OLD TO UNDERSTAND OR NOT
CURRENT OR IN TOUCH WITH
TODAY'S PEOPLE.
THEY FEEL DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST.
REPORTER: THAT COULD BE WHY
THERE WAS A WHOPPING
325 PERCENT INCREASE IN LESS
THAN 5 YEARS FROM MEN GETTING
COSMETIC PROCEDURES.
IN FACT BOTOX FOR MEN HAS ALSO
BECOME KNOWN AS BROTOX.
ROB JACKSON IS THE FOUNDER OF
A MARKETING START UP.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT
GETTING YOUR FOOT INTO THE
DOOR.
IF YOU HAVE AN EDGE IN ANY
SORT OF WAY, IT COULD BE A
GOOD HAIR CUT, GOOD TEETH,
GOOD LOOKING SKIN.
REPORTER: JACKSON SAYS
REGARDLESS OF AGE, KEEPING UP
YOUR APPEARANCE GOES HAND IN
HAND OF SECURING A GOOD JOB.
YOU HAVE THE APPEARANCE OF
BEING SHARPER AND ANYTHING
WITH YOUR APPEARANCE IS SUPER
IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO
GETTING A JOB YOU WANT.
I'M HERE FOR A MICRONEEDLING
PROCEDURE.
IT HELPS YOU LOOK YOUNGER AND
REDUCE WRINKLES.
REPORTER: HOW OLD ARE YOU?
40.
REPORTER: YOU LOOK SO
YOUNG.
SO IS AGEISM IN SILICON VALLEY
REAL?
JUST LAST YEAR GOOGLE REACHED
A SETTLEMENT WITH OVER 200 JOB
APPLICANTS OVER THE AGE OF 40.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
GOOGLENESS, YOU COULDN'T FIT
WITH THE ENERGY OF THE
COMPANY.
THOSE ARE ALL TYPICAL BUZZ
PHRASES WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO
ESSENTIALLY FLAG SOMEONE'S
AGE, BUT NOT ACTUALLY SAY
THAT.
REPORTER: ROBERT MILTON IS
AN EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEY IN SAN
FRANCISCO WHO HANDLES AGE
DISCRIMINATION CASES LIKE THIS
ALL THE TIME.
FLIPPING THROUGH COURT
DOCUMENTS, HE SAYS THE LAWSUIT
ALSO ALLEGES GOOGLE REFERRED
TO SOME OF ITS WORKERS OVER
THE AGE OF 40 AS GRAYGLERS.
THEY'RE SAYING IN TECH ONCE
OVER THE AGE OF 35, YOU'RE
LOOKED AT AS BEING OVER THE
HILL.
DO YOU THINK THERE'S TRUTH TO
THAT?
OH MY GOSH, I BETTER PACK
THAT IN.
REPORTER: RIVIERA PARTNERS
SCOUTS FOR TALENT IN SILICON
VALLEY.
SPRAY PAINTED ON THE WALL,
THEIR CLIENT LIST THAT READS
LIKE A VERITABLE WHO'S WHO IN
THE INDUSTRY.
WILL IS THE CEO.
I ASKED HIM HIS THOUGHTS ON
GOING UNDER THE KNIFE.
I THINK IT'S ABSURD.
I THINK ALTERING YOUR
APPEARANCE TO FIT IN OR
CONFIRM TO A STANDARD SHOWS A
POTENTIAL LEVEL OF INSECURITY.
REPORTER: BUT HE
UNDERSTANDS WHY SOME WOULD DO
IT.
HE SAYS WHEN IT COMES TO A
MORE DIVERSE WORK FORCE,
SILICON VALLEY NEEDS TO DO
BETTER.
I THINK OUR RESPONDENT'S
RESPONSIBILITY
WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT
DECISIONS WHEN WE HIRE TEAMS.
REPORTER: SO WILL THEY
POINT OF VIEW IT ON THIS AGE
OLD PROBLEM?
SOME WILL CONTINUE TO SEE
THEIR DOCTOR IN HOPES OF
INJECTING NEW LIFE INTO THEIR
CAREER.
IT'S A COMPLICATED PROBLEM,
IT'S A LONG STANDING PROBLEM.
IS PLASTIC SURGERY THE ANSWER
TO IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
IF PLASTIC SURGERY HELP, THEN
GOD BLESS THEM.
A RECENT SURVEY INTERVIEWED
4,000 TECH WORKERS OVER THE
AGE OF 40.
80 PERCENT OF THEM SAID THEY
WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT
THEIR AGE MEANT FOR THEIR
FUTURE IN THE TECH INDUSTRY.
SO INTERESTING.
BECAUSE YOU'D THINK WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT HOLLYWOOD IN
THAT YOU CONSTANTLY HAVE TO
MAKE SURE YOU'RE LOOKING YOUR
BEST.
AND THERE'S BEEN A COMPLETE
ROLE REVERSAL.
LIKE I SAID, YOU'D THINK THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT WOMEN WOULD
BE CHASING, BUT NOW IT'S MEN.
BUT I SEE THE OTHER SIDE.
I SEE THE WARREN BUFFETS, THE
ELON MUSKS OF THE WORLD.
THEY WOULDN'T SIT DOWN TO
THIS.
IT'S ABSURD LIKE THE GUY SAID.
BUT IT SPEAKS TO THE
PRESSURE.
IT DOES.
YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE
