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My father got laid off only a few years out of retirement and I want to help him find a new job either in Atlanta or San Diego. He's got a Master's in Mechanical Engineering and has an extensive background in consumer and industrial products manufacturing (e.g. Trane, Tumi Luggage). Product/project management, machine design, product development, thermal engineering, CAD, six sigma, etc. I'm looking for some ideas to help him outside of the normal channels like headhunters, monster.com, etc. Any help would be appreciated.
San Diego has a thriving medical tech industry. I’d reach out to local recruiters to see what they are looking for thematically. They’ll know what areas are surging (medical!) as well as depreciating. In the absence of a recruiter (or 10!) I’d search for the names of the “top mechanical engineering employers for the region”. Or just “top employers”. In San Diego specifically, look at Illumina. Big tech, growing, focused on DNA sequencing.
Have him contact a lawyer. He may have been discriminated against due to age.
God bless america, it is always somebody else’s fault. If I was on the other side I would atleast do a discovery and subpoena all the systems/phone records etc and shame everybody.
He’s been there since 2005, it was a layoff not a firing, and age bias is well documented tek system. Is there a specific reason you think you might be so miserable?
You better start leetcoding and be ready to support during retirement
Can he retire early? What are the ramifications?
Unfortunately he cannot. They don't feel as though they've saved up enough retirement funds for that yet
This happened to my father in law (also an ME with similar experience) a few years before retirement. What worked well for him was working for a contractor who had a long term contract with the US Government. After a few years doing that he joined them directly and that worked well since he was close to retirement and cared more about benefits than maximizing salary etc. Not sure if this approach for everyone but just sharing his experience.
I had this happen to a couple of uncles. Good engineers, too. Really lame of companies to do this. They ended up doing some consulting gigs here and there until retiring for good. Does your dad have connections in the industry or former colleagues? Sometimes you can get some to ask their companies for some contract work, especially for a very experienced person.
Is he white? If so, he will never work again.
Sorry to hear that and not sure why some companies do that. How long he was working for that company?
Thank you. He started in 2005
Wow that is really bad.