Workers considering botox to combat workplace ageism

SOME workers in their late 40s and older are considering “drastic steps” such as getting Botox to look younger to get a job or promotion, according to a charity.

- AINE FOX

The Centre for Ageing Better described results from polling they commissioned into people's experiences of and attitudes to workplace ageism as “dispiriting”.

Their small sample of just over 500 workers aged 45 and older found 15% said they would consider getting plastic surgery to look younger if it helped them to get a job or a promotion.