Respect in the workplace does tend to be age-dependant, your age, the age of your boss, the age of your co-workers, and especially the length of time you have been with the company.
It also depends on how your boss and peers got their positions. I had a boss four times my age who respected me, because he had done my job before. I've had other bosses ho knew nothing about the group they were managing and thought I was just another 'punk kid'.
Sure, I don't have any education beyond high school, never took any classes dealing with computers, but have been working with them since my father brought home an old 8085 (remember those?) that his work was tossing out. That was about 12 years ago.
Most of the age problems I have experienced, however, have been from co-workers who for some odd reason don't appreciate it when someone one-third their age can come in off the street and do the job they have been doing for twenty years as well as they can. (Application developers especially dislike that)
Alot of companies are changing though as some of the younger people who have done the job are rising into management areas. Work experience and hobbies are weighing in more than education in alot of positions and areas traditionally held by older people are being infiltrated by these 'punk kids'.
It would help too if alot of people would realize that somebody younger than them could have more knowledge in a specific area than they do. Maybe not more knowledge in general though:).
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Respect in the workplace does tend to be age-dependant, your age, the age of your boss, the age of your co-workers, and especially the length of time you have been with the company. It also depends on how your boss and peers got their positions. I had a boss four times my age who respected me, because he had done my job before. I've had other bosses ho knew nothing about the group they were managing and thought I was just another 'punk kid'. Sure, I don't have any education beyond high school, never took any classes dealing with computers, but have been working with them since my father brought home an old 8085 (remember those?) that his work was tossing out. That was about 12 years ago. Most of the age problems I have experienced, however, have been from co-workers who for some odd reason don't appreciate it when someone one-third their age can come in off the street and do the job they have been doing for twenty years as well as they can. (Application developers especially dislike that) Alot of companies are changing though as some of the younger people who have done the job are rising into management areas. Work experience and hobbies are weighing in more than education in alot of positions and areas traditionally held by older people are being infiltrated by these 'punk kids'. It would help too if alot of people would realize that somebody younger than them could have more knowledge in a specific area than they do. Maybe not more knowledge in general though :).