GE Healthcare LS: Male >45 discrimination?

[Anonymous]

From my communications and observations there seems to be a blatant trend of career ambush termination amongst men who are over 45 years old in GE Healthcare LifeScience. Women are actually encouraged to find a female mentor, yet if you sport a Y chromosome you are out unless you are a pal of the Dog. There aren’t many male mentors left except for the incompetent senior executive team. Sounds like a class action lawsuit is likely!

[Anonymous]

From my communications and observations there seems to be a blatant trend of career ambush termination amongst men who are over 45 years old in GE Healthcare LifeScience. Women are actually encouraged to find a female mentor, yet if you sport a Y chromosome you are out unless you are a pal of the Dog. There aren’t many male mentors left except for the incompetent senior executive team. Sounds like a class action lawsuit is likely!

I don't think it's something that is specific to GE (I worked for a company bought out by GE, well, heck, it was part of the company that the division mentioned above was part of as well). I think if you're male and in your late 40's, most major companies have a shot at getting rid of you before age discrimination is a concern.

In my case, I had a pretty rotten year that year and my bosses, drunk on the power that GE gives you on dumping people, took advantage of it to their fullest.

Not sure that the lawsuit would fly, but I've been wrong before.

[Anonymous]

We just hired three ex-GEHC guys all 42+. Best hires we've made..lots of experience, they sure appreciate our agile small company culture compared to the rough time they apparently had over yonder. Good managers are usually people with enough years of work to have learned they don't know everything. We tried a younger guy from GEHC and he was so arrogant we threw him off the bus. My advice to 45+ is switch now and get into less cutthroat environment before you grow a paunch. 45 is not old (been there), but to the 20-somethings all you are is in their way. Go where you are valued and make a good deal on paper before you start. There are good engineering, design and sales jobs in the supplier companies/boutique bioengineering .

[Anonymous]

Yea. The management team is definitely on a power trip, some really smart people drinking the cool aid, but insensitive and arrogant to people in general. They will get their due, because with the tightening economy, it will take truely skill sales professionals to hold the clients hand. That is not what they are good at. They are good at saying," We're GE and we are great. Look at me." Healthcare is in tough times, and they need a sales group that understands and managers that understand how to motivate a consultative sales force.