For instance, the Department of Energy encourages working from home, but only 9% of employees do significantly short of the department goal of 15%, according to Rita Franklin, Energy Department deputy chief human capital officer. But the demographics of the department reflect an a workforce that averages 49 years of age what she terms the dinosaur generation ...
As an AMERICAN worker in the IT sector who is not under 30 and can produce higher-quality work than most of those half my age, I am highly offended by this derrogatory and insulting reference to me and everyone else who isn't just out of high school. That it comes from someone who is supposed -- supposed to be responsible for a Human Resources office at a US FEDERAL AGENCY is all the more repulsive. I can only hope she never reaches 35 so she will never have to deal with the now 20-somethings calling her a DINOSAUR!
Comments like this from PUBLIC officials who are supposed -- supposed to be governed by EEOC requirements make me sick. This fool not only is totally out of line but should be fired for discriminating against older workers. Or maybe she never bothered to learn how to read and doesn't know that AGE DISCRIMINATION IS supposed to be ILLEGAL. Maybe she should go back to her second grade class where she clearly failed reading and learn something. If insults like this against older Americans are acceptable from Government Officials, it's no wonder that rampant discrimination thrives in the workplace.
Derogatory reference to IT workers over 30
SOWG = Some Old White Guy.
That's the handle that I use now.
I’m in the IT field and being Interviewed with a foreign speaking IT manager and 20 something associates and being call grandpa (heard it once on my way out) or laid back (rocking chair with remote).
Bad enough trying to get a job in Michigan with the state becoming a GHOST state and the Gov raising taxes to support her miss-managed spending.
The only thing for a job is fast food and Wal-Mart and Meijer, but then again I don't fit because I'm a white 52 year old male.
(My daughter could not even get a job, so she moved to Florida, found one in 2 days)
70% of the jobs that I apply for are EOE /AA.
You cannot be a EQUAL OPPURTUNITY EMPLOYER if you participate in AFFIRMITIVE ACTION.
I’ve worked for Aerospace, Automobile and Health companies and always received good or above exit reviews.
They hire these youngster who play with their gismos and gadgets and do just the basic work, but when things get thick and dirty they call In the OLD GUY’s or GIRLS to clean up the mess that they created.
We were good enough to “CREATE and BUILD” but not good enough to KEEP.
Wanted Old Guys and Gals to do work and leave the toys at home.
Affirmative Action
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Really..! How about tax incentives.
Cant find a job, blame it on Affirmative action eeoc - typical
SOWG says...
"You cannot be a EQUAL OPPURTUNITY EMPLOYER if you participate in AFFIRMITIVE ACTION. "
Typical White guy whining, I can't get a job, it MUST be because of ee/eeoc.
SOWG....
should be SOWWG
SAME old WHINING white guy
age discrimination
Simmer down a bit Terri. You're whirling an ax over your head for nothing. Her remarks were paraphrased, then passed around until the context was lost.
Originally, she made the remark about herself - that she felt like a dinosaur since she began working in an office early 70's when telecommuting was unthinkable. Then she adds that this gave her a perspective to why other workers may not want to try telecommuting - that it was strange and new, and she understood this and it helped her think of how they might be warmed to the idea. The whole thing was about telecommuting saving money, and then causes mobile security problems because the workers are outside the perimeter, etc etc.
Besides, obviously, if the average age of THAT dept is really 49, there couldn't be much age discrimination.
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