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"Youth runs fast, but age knows the terrain." Age discrimination and age bias are woven into the fabric of modern work culture, shaping decisions most people never see and too many experience firsthand. For millions of older workers, the message is subtle but unmistakable: you are no longer valued. This podcast exists to challenge that message, expose ageism in the workplace, confront the systems that perpetuate it, and reclaim the dignity, confidence, and career power that professionals over fifty have earned. My name is John Stech. I spent my corporate career with four global automakers, working on five continents and witnessing ageism from both sides of the table. I have seen how organizations justify pushing out older workers, and I have seen the extraordinary value those same workers bring to teams, culture, and long-term success. After watching dozens of friends and former colleagues pushed out of their careers during 2025, I decided to do something about it. I started The Ageism Survival Guide. This podcast tells the truth about what it feels like to be pushed aside, underestimated, or quietly removed from opportunities because of age. We explore the realities of layoffs, forced early retirement, workplace retaliation, severance negotiation, and the sidelining professionals over 50 endure. These are structural patterns rooted in corporate bias and a culture that worships youth while ignoring the wisdom, resilience, and strategic insight that only experience can produce. Here, we talk openly about the shock of job loss, the grief that follows, and rebuilding self-respect after workplace discrimination. We examine how ageism damages identity, confidence, and financial stability, and offer tools to withstand it. You will learn strategies for navigating a job search over 50, optimizing your LinkedIn profile, exploring encore careers, and designing a career change over 50 that reflects your worth. Corporations often label older employees as too expensive, too slow, or not adaptable enough. They are wrong. Years of crisis management, leadership, problem-solving, and lived experience create instincts that cannot be taught in a classroom or downloaded from a training module. The gut feelings developed over decades are not liabilities. They are competitive advantages. The Ageism Survival Guide is your companion through the storm. Together, we expose the truth, rebuild what was broken, and create a better life on our own terms.
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Signup to Generate a Pitch"Youth runs fast, but age knows the terrain." Age discrimination and age bias are woven into the fabric of modern work culture, shaping decisions most people never see and too many experience firsthand. For millions of older workers, the message is subtle but unmistakable: you are no longer valued.
Recent episodes include "Layoffs: Who Decides Who Goes and How?" (29 October 2026, 14 minutes), "Don't Get Pushed Out of Your Job: What the Disney Lawsuit Teaches Us" (22 October 2026, 9 minutes), and "Pushed Out After 50? The Truth About PIPs, Layoffs and Ageism" (16 October 2026, 8 minutes).
Ageism Survival Guide publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 22 minutes.
Booking probability for Ageism Survival Guide is 47%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Ageism Survival Guide requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Ageism Survival Guide's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Ageism Survival Guide are Staffing & Recruiting and Business & Management Consulting. Ageism Survival Guide has a business audience and around 210 subscribers on YouTube.
Ageism Survival Guide is a business podcast.
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Episode #45
If you still believe layoffs start with low performers, this episode will change the way you read every company announcement. The number comes first. The names come second. Host John Stech has sat in the management...
What if your boss decides you are retired before you do? Join host John Stech for a real-world lesson from a filed lawsuit against Disney. A 29-year Senior VP alleges she was pushed toward retirement, ignored by HR...
Back To The Origin: Why I Started Ageism Survival Guide Have you ever walked into work and felt invisible? Not fired. Not warned. Just quietly erased? That is not in your head. That is ageism. And in 2025 it blew up all...
Episode #41
If your resume still says @aol.com, recruiters can guess your generation before they read your name. In this episode of the Ageism Survival Guide, host John Stech breaks down a small detail that creates a big first...
Have you applied to dozens of jobs on LinkedIn or Indeed and heard nothing back? What if the job was never real to begin with? New platform data suggests up to 30 percent of listings on major job boards may be ghost...
Should I expose it? What will my former colleagues think? What will my friends think? Can they ever unsee it once I have exposed myself? Wait... what do you think I am talking about? I am talking about the green Open to...
Episode #38
Most professionals over 50 are sitting on a hidden network inside LinkedIn and never realize it is there. It is not in job postings or cold applications. It is in Past Company filters, Alumni tools, People tabs, second...
Thinking about buying a franchise as your second career after 50? One month ago we covered the basics of franchising, from what you actually buy to the real cost of franchise investment. In this follow up, promised...
Over 50 and still hitting Apply on job boards? You are playing a game that was not designed for you to win. In this episode of the Ageism Survival Guide, we break down what networking actually is, why it matters more...
From Corporate Layoff to Entrepreneur: Jeff Ford's Story of Reinvention After 50 When Suzuki packed up and left the United States in 2009, Jeff Ford lost more than a job. He lost the career he had spent 27 years...
HR is not your friend. Not when you are over 50. Not at any age. Human Resources is an agent of the organization, the company. Their fiduciary duty runs to the company, not to you. In this episode of the Ageism Survival...
The September hiring surge is real, and the work you do in August decides whether you ride it or watch it pass. Experienced professionals over 50 are up against something new this year. AI-generated slop applications...
Laid off at 50 and handed a separation agreement you don't understand? That document is not a severance package. It is a legal purchase agreement, and the company is buying your silence, your right to sue, and your...
Were you laid off on a Friday? In July? Under a company smokescreen? While the news was covering wildfires and air quality instead of corporate layoffs? You are not alone. We’re going to do a deep dive into navigating...
Can franchising really work for professionals over 50? Here is the honest breakdown. Most people our age have been trained to think of business ownership one way: build it from scratch, bleed for it, hope it works. That...
What if the most powerful thing you can do for your career isn't another certification or networking event, but something you do with your hands? In this episode of the Ageism Survival Guide, John Stech discovers a...
<p>Starting a business after 50 is not a fallback plan. It is a declaration of independence. When the corporate door keeps closing, building your own door becomes the only option that makes sense. But there is a massive...
Starting a business after 50 is not a fallback plan. It is a declaration of independence. When the corporate door keeps closing, building your own door becomes the only option that makes sense. But there is a massive...
<p>Micro-entrepreneurship is the act of building small, scalable, low-risk digital income streams that you own and control. For experienced professionals over 50, it represents something more: a way to generate income...
Micro-entrepreneurship is the act of building small, scalable, low-risk digital income streams that you own and control. For experienced professionals over 50, it represents something more: a way to generate income that...
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