The federal workforce skews older than average. Is that bad?




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: Discussion about the federal workforce rarely go three minutes, before someone laments the need to get young people into government. Yet three quarters of the federal workforce is over 40, a much higher percentage than in the private sector. So it may be no surprise that age discrimination complaints in government are more common than in the private sector. American University professor Bob Tobias has been studying the federal workforce for decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices