According to , job discrimination is generally characterized as unfair terms or conditions (e.g., reduced opportunity) or negative treatment based on personal characteristics or membership in a particular social group such as race, sex or age
"Despite more than five decades of federal legislation in the United States designed to protect workers against discrimination based on sex, race, color, national origin, religion, workplace discrimination remains a pervasive problem. A recent report by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) indicates that over 80,000 workplace discrimination charges were filed in 2017 (30% sex-based, 34% race-based, and 22% age-related), resulting in nearly $400 million in compensation for victims across the private sector and state and local governments (EEOC, 2018). Moreover, age discrimination is a costly problem representing $810 million in monetary benefits between 2010 and 2018 (EEOC, 2019), and the proportion of the older U.S. workforce (≥55 years) has been on the rise for more than a decade and represents the fastest growing segment of the U.S. workforce (Fisher, Matthews, & Gibbons, 2016; Toossi, 2013)" NIH states.
Many may think that the best candidate may prevail but that is not necessarily true as bias can often be unconscious.
As you can see unfortunately job discrimination is a very common problem that needs to be addressed. Relating to this experience our founder is dedicated to addressing this problem.