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On the flipside, I've personally witnessed a manager firing someone just because he was old. There is an ageism problem in the industry. Like racism or sexism
by sillysaurus3 12y ago
On the flipside, I've personally witnessed a manager firing someone just because he was old. There is an ageism problem in the industry. Like racism or sexism, whether you see its effects depends on where you are.
- inmyunix 12y agosurely there was more to the story. hard to believe it was only attributable to age without some context.
- sillysaurus3 12y agoNo, not really. It seemed quite strongly that the reason was due to his age, but the official reason was that he couldn't learn new skills very well. The problem was, he seemed to be learning them pretty decently.
- cafard 12y agoI saw that happen to my father and a number of his co-workers (scientists and engineers) at a mining company forty years ago.