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Multigenerational Workplace: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

by Harvard Business Review, Megan W. Gerhardt, Paul Irving, Ai-jen Poo, Sarita Gupta
August 2023
Beginner
208 pages
2h 49m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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9 WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUNGER WORKERS WHEN OLDER WORKERS DON’T RETIRE

by Nicola Bianchi, Jin Li, and Michael Powell

For years in the world of symphony orchestras, available positions for oboe talent were scarce. Young oboists waited for chairs at top orchestras to open up, but many principal oboists who had held their positions for decades simply weren’t retiring. It’s impossible to know how many younger players gave up, changed professions, or lingered in the lower ranks bitterly for years. In the early 2000s, however, many of the senior oboists began to retire. Those departures freed up spots at the top, which freed up spots below that, and so on. Advancement for oboists was suddenly possible. One promising young oboist described the moment ...

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