Comments on: Workplace and Employment Age Discrimination and the Baby Boomer

By: Lina Reinert

Lina Reinert — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:14:34 +0000

I am a retired United Airlines employee. With the merger of United Airlines and Continental the new management has completely ignored our benefit package we were given for our pass travel with 25 years of service and beyond. This benefit was earned by thousands of retirees and pulled out from under us with a realigned boarding priority letting active folks with 6 months on the job allowed to board ahead of the retirees who in the past were always boarded ahead with respect to their 25 plus years of service. We have endured so many bad times with the bankruptcy, pensions terminated, health care costs skyrocketing and now the holy grail, our last perk, our travel priority benefits. This is a travesty that we will continue to fight. Our pleas to the EEOC have gone on silent ears. We must forge ahead and make a diffence not only for the current retirees of United Airlines but those who come after us. We have lost our date of hire and our seniority has been reduced by the whims of this new management team. This will not stand!

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:54:42 +0000

I took my neice to an Assisted living faculity to apply for a dining service job. On the way home, I stopped at a new Holiday Inn that was going to be opening Sept 1,2011. She also applied there as well. When we left I told her
that I would not get a call back from them because of my age of 52. It was not even 10 minutes and they had called my neice who is 24 for a job interview the
next day.
That just proves that these employers are discrimanating against possible reliabe and trust worthy employee in their companies. I wished it was some way that these employers would not do that because 9 or 10 chances the young generation will get mad and just quit like my neice has a tendency to do at every job she has had.

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:07:17 +0000

A few days ago March 10 2010 at Little River Park in DeKalb County Alabama this happened to me I’m a healthy 56 years of age I attended a National Parks Service Jobs Fair only to be told promptly that I was too old for most jobs at N.P.S. especially all Law Enforcement jobs.
I checked their website they claim they are Equal Opportunity Employers.
I followed this up with an email to the Chief of Security,and Law Enforcement at The National Parks Service in Washington D.C. to a Lane Baker, I received an email response that concurred what I had been told,and that they hired only youthful staff.
In a time when so many are in need of work the Federal Government does a trick like this is (no pun intended) an abomination.
I plan to file with the EEOC,and ADEA,as well as contact my Congressional Representatives.
However for the unemployed to seek attorneys and go to court how can they with no money?

By: Palzetta

Palzetta — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:30:25 +0000

I am currently over 60, employed 23 years with this government company. About 2 months ago they hired a younger white female, I,m black. We were told that she would take over the supervisor caseload, so he (white male, age 59) would be give more flexible duties. About that time management begin speaking to me about applying for openings within the department, because the needed my expertise! When I voiced my opinion that I was quite happy in my current position, and I did not apply for the opening, than management begin to attack my work performance. Such as, grammar errors, two previous mistake, that could have easily been made by anyone. I was verbally told, that my strongest contribution were in supervision, and that it really would be in my best interest to apply for upcoming open position. I again declined. Now management has made a decision to transfer me into a Misdemeanor Position that I never agreed to. The young lady that were hired about 2 months, management wants me to train her to take over my Felony position, before I am transferred to a Misdemeanor posiiton. I am really upset. The E-mail came to me on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. I am not happy. Thanks for your time.

Secondly, my supervisor and I have a very poor working relationship, and communication with him is liking speaking to my car. Example: at a team meeting, he past our to everyone the year to end balance of personal vacation and sick itme for each employee on his team. Of course, I had the highest sick balance and vacation time. People begin to comment, about the amount of sick time I had in my sick bank. My supervisor, often comments that because of my 30 years with the State I could retire anytime. Even my co-workers frequently makes the same comment. This is very upsetting to me. He comments to me, that I shouldn’t have to worry about the errors that my elected official complains, that I should think about other opening in the department. I am so distraught, and I’m not ready to retire. Thanks for reading this comment. Pal.

By: leonardo munoz sr.

leonardo munoz sr. — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:58:49 +0000

I believe this has just happened to me. I turned 60 last month, 2 weeks later we had a “reblancing ” in my work group. This was done by using last year’s evaluations only, there were 8 people envoled, of that 8 only one had more company time or time in this position than I. I was ranked in the lower half, there by being demoted to a lesser position. Needless to say, I was the only person over 60. One of the persons who leapfrogged me was only 27, he was still in high school when I started working in this position, and 9 years old when I started working for this company……