RJ asks:
"I would like to get some advice from others that may be going through the same situation I am. I am currently 19 and will be turning 20 in 1 week. I have held my current job, as Systems-Network Administrator, for almost a year now in very good standing according to my direct boss, the IT Manager. I have 5 years industry experience and a few certifications, yet I am more then qualified for my current position according to previous employers (and my work history/experience). It has recently come to my attention that our IT Director is trying to either find a way to get rid of me or transfer me into a miserable job position, all because of my age. My Boss explained to me he thinks it has to do with a bit of jealousy. Everyone I work with is over the age of 30 and the IT director is in his mid 40's." Either your too old, or your too young, or it's racial issues, sexual preference, and sometimes it can even be religion. Despite the fact that it's the
21st century discrimination still exists and many of us have had to face it in our careers. For most, it basically amounts to a career roadblock, while for others, it can also turn into an extremely humiliating and terrible experience. What options exist for those who experience it in any of the many forms it can take in the workplace?
"The IT Director has never approached me about any of this and treats me fine to my face, but seems to talk bad about me around my Boss, though my boss does his best to defend me. I have had no work problems (documented or not) and have a clean HR record. It's to the point I can't trust anyone at work anymore. Everywhere I work people like me but as soon as they learn my age they automatically hate me, become jealous, or try to find ways to get rid of me. I have learned to deal with this problem as I figured it went with the territory.
However, I also have a new baby daughter and a new wife to support
and I can't lose my job, especially in this economy. Needless to say
I am polishing up the resume and starting to look for a new job, but can anyone offer any sound advice, or legal actions which I can take if I do get fired, or even suggest employers in the industry that are friendly to my age bracket?"
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I'm sure we could get some rather interesting debate going on here.
You mean:
Either you're too old, or you're too young, or it's racial issues...
Come on, I expect this sort of thing from the trolls and thirteen year olds, but you're supposed to be setting an example. Wake up. This mistake should not be made, even by ten year olds.
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either that or you can't spell. It's "you're" as in "you are" not "your."
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tomorrow i'm going to submit a question to slashdot, informing them that i am an 11 year old IT manager in Taiwan whose 30 year old, head programmer is making passes at... should i break down and give her the 'low, soft one' or bring it up with HR?
thnx slashdot, you guys r0x0r
The worst terrorist attacks, war, uprisings, ... My *god* people, GET SOME PRIORITIES!
You people disgust me!
(Sorry, I have to get some sleep before going drinking on New Year's Eve, so I don't have time to post an updated version of my priorities troll. Maybe next year.)
First, give me a break. You don't have "industry experience" starting from age 14. I was soldering circuits to plug into my Atari 800's joystick port in 1981, when I was 12, but I don't list that on my resume as relevant work experience.
You'll eventually find that the predominant age bias in the technical workplace is in favor of younger, not older workers. Your situation may be the exception, or (more likely IMO) you may be old enough to handle the technical part of your job but not emotionally or professionally mature enough to "work out" in your position.
I'm only 32, and recruiters consistently suggest I add my college graduation date to my resume. I took longer than most to get my B.S., which I thought would detract from my desirability - but I've been told that it will more likely make me seem younger.
Younger employees are less likely to have responsibilites at home that need to be attended to, and thus more likely to be willing to work late, or to travel. They're less likely to have a mortgage and thus more amenable to relocation. Their education is generally more recent and technically current.
If your post is meant to be sarcastic, kudos to you.
If not, GROW UP!
I went to the shop the other day and they wouldnt give me stuff because i didnt have any money !
DISCRIMINATION!!!
Why should people be allowed to discriminate against people based on MONEY.
what the hell is a gloryhole?
My bet would be that they're not listening to you because you come off sounding like an arse.
:)
I'm not saying you're a prick, but you come off as one. Considering that's all people can go by(they can't, actually, read your mind), it is kind of important
I would suggest an attitude adjustment.
Barclay family motto:
Aut agere aut mori.
(Either action or death.)
Here are some more examples of then and than in sentences. Please use as a guide in understanding the difference. If anyone switched then and than in spoken conversation, I would immediately consider them a moron. Why should written communications differ?
1. After you eat your meat, then you eat your pudding.
2. My cheeks are rosier than yours.
3. Back then, we were beaten for speaking up.
4. More often than not, stupid people practice poor grammar.
Thanks.
"Would it kill you to put down the toilet seat?" -- Maya Angelou
Humor, H U M O R. In case you're Canadian, it's called humour.
Buttmunch? That's one I hadn't heard before. What's the word for ACs who post, angry, content-free insults?