my last company - (which was great to work for, bought out and then it was a bitch) actual preferred over 55-
many reasons,but some of the reasons were
55 and over you probably done all the daft mistakes that we all make, you are more likely to stay the duration (we had 3 guys > 65 in a company of 30 people)
dedicated not so carear focused -don't want to jump up the corporate ladder
No children problems -
the guys we had we fab, their wealth of knowledge on stuff was great , - none were IT trained - but were eager to learn, their knoweldge of office set ups and genreal inter personal relations - bang on ..
many reasons,but some of the reasons were
55 and over you probably done all the daft mistakes that we all make, you are more likely to stay the duration (we had 3 guys > 65 in a company of 30 people)
dedicated not so carear focused -don't want to jump up the corporate ladder
No children problems -
the guys we had we fab, their wealth of knowledge on stuff was great , - none were IT trained - but were eager to learn, their knoweldge of office set ups and genreal inter personal relations - bang on ..