Opinion: Don’t let technology run you out of a job you like


A study from the US National Bureau of Economic Research finds that many older workers flee as new software arrives. — Dreamstime.com/TNS

Ever feel like your employer is bringing in new software for the express purpose of driving you so crazy you’ll quit? You’re probably not alone.

A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research crunched decades of data on 50,000 businesses and 11.6 million workers and found that the faster a company installs new software, the faster it loses older workers.

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