Slovenian Employers and the Challenge of the Longer Working Life

When analyzing perceptions of employee characteristics by Slovenian employers it can be shown that older workers are perceived to perform better than their younger counterparts (in comparison to the company average) when it comes to professionalism, decision making competence, willingness to work hard, reliability, honesty and integrity, attentiveness as well as loyalty. The largest disadvantages of older versus younger workers stem from poorer employer evaluation of their adaptability to new technologies, ability to acquire new skills and knowledge, adaptability to change as well as readiness to learn.