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<p>[QUOTE="anonymous, post: 6428010"]Great point. I've see it all as a middle manager over three decades in good ol' pharma. From clear discrimination driven from regional, vp or even director level down or at the front line manager level. They just do it in sophisticated ways these days. The truth is....<b>IF they had real skill, real maturity to hire people EQUAL TOO or BETTER than them, they'd gladly, seriously look at hiring or promoting an OLDER person into a multi-cultural, multi-generational team. </b> <b>They know your age, your identified sex, your race and from there, the discussion and questions all turn. </b> </p><p><br /></p><p>So, they ask many things that are actually age discriminatory such as,</p><p><b>"Why would you want this position?" </b>translation, your too old or over qualified to do this.</p><p><b>"What are your goals or aspiration?"</b> translation, your more experienced & accomplished than I am, I am threatened. </p><p><br /></p><p>And, even if they play it ethically in the interview, they have a 1000 reasons not to hire, promote or provide a lateral move option when you're qualified. This "they are OVER qualified" reasoning is absolutely illogical. I have hired MANY people who were OVER qualified in skills and experience who were superb in doing the JOB. It is simply an excuse to DISCRIMINATE. Remember the definition of <b>discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, <font size="5">age</font>, or sex.</b></p><p> </p><p>Part of all this <b>rampant discrimination, this prejudice</b> based on <b>AGE alone</b>; the other part, <b>operational expenses</b> (i.e. you make too much). The third killer wheel's you are not their <b>politically correct pick.</b> </p><p><br /></p><p>It is an <b>AMERICAN DISGRACE</b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="anonymous, post: 6428010"]Great point. I've see it all as a middle manager over three decades in good ol' pharma. From clear discrimination driven from regional, vp or even director level down or at the front line manager level. They just do it in sophisticated ways these days. The truth is....[B]IF they had real skill, real maturity to hire people EQUAL TOO or BETTER than them, they'd gladly, seriously look at hiring or promoting an OLDER person into a multi-cultural, multi-generational team. [/B] [B]They know your age, your identified sex, your race and from there, the discussion and questions all turn. [/B] So, they ask many things that are actually age discriminatory such as, [B]"Why would you want this position?" [/B]translation, your too old or over qualified to do this. [B]"What are your goals or aspiration?"[/B] translation, your more experienced & accomplished than I am, I am threatened. And, even if they play it ethically in the interview, they have a 1000 reasons not to hire, promote or provide a lateral move option when you're qualified. This "they are OVER qualified" reasoning is absolutely illogical. I have hired MANY people who were OVER qualified in skills and experience who were superb in doing the JOB. It is simply an excuse to DISCRIMINATE. Remember the definition of [B]discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, [SIZE=5]age[/SIZE], or sex.[/B] Part of all this [B]rampant discrimination, this prejudice[/B] based on [B]AGE alone[/B]; the other part, [B]operational expenses[/B] (i.e. you make too much). The third killer wheel's you are not their [B]politically correct pick.[/B] It is an [B]AMERICAN DISGRACE[/B].[/QUOTE]
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