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Well, I haven't been discriminated against on the basis of age yet (I also look about 10 years younger than I am, the hair isn't very gray and I DO wear my contact lenses <g>) but I have been discriminated against for other reasons when I was an employee. I paid back the employer by going out and getting a better job! My boss was just totally shocked that I quit after seven months. Well, what did he expect after seven months of constant workplace harassment? I don't have any great advice but here's a web site that might have some info: www.maturityworks.org Randy Mangham Pacific Crest Consulting San Diego, CA HankHeath@aol.com wrote: > It finally happened. My design scheme back-fired on me. > > I have a young face. I used to get carded at bars well into my thirties, it's > that young. I grew a beard. I let my gray hair show when it came in. I wore > glasses when contacts would work. Anything to look a little older and be > taken seriously in the workplace. In one location I was told that I had the > perfect look for a consultant. It was great. > > Until today. I was told at two different places that I was too old for the > contract. Straight out. Now, in the world of work, that would be an illegal > thing to say. But in the world of consulting, apparently it's ok to say. I > was shocked. I was angry. It was the first time in my life I was > discriminated for anything other than lack of experience or training (easy > things for me to overcome). > > I turned to my wife, and said that now I am starting to understand (just > starting, thank you) why minorities and women get testy about this. It is not > a good feeling. > > So, to take a bad thing and attempt to make something better out of it: has > anyone else experienced over age-ism lately? My experience seems to indicate > it is on the rise, but I'm usually late in discovering trends like this. How > do you cope with it? Are there good strategies to overcome it? Are there > support groups to help deal with the anger? I'd like to know. > > Hank Heath > HLHeath Consulting > Ph: 801-209-0091 > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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