Asking Age At Work
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- registe0
i'd prefer the 19-26 range if we're being given a choice
- for birds ?mikotondria3
- for sexual intercourse?omg
- What else, for christssake?
I enjoy saying that ounce in awhile. For chrissake. It tends to rabble the rabblerousersthreadpost - for playing frisbee with?capn_ron
- not that my phone agrees w/ me. Ounce = Oncethreadpost
- set0
In the UK, as an employer it is illegal to ask someones age in the interview. As for him asking your age, not illegal at all as far as I know.
Personally I don't see the big deal... just tell him and get on with your day?
- so, if they ask it's an actual punishable crime? I highly doubt it's illegal in that sensemonospaced
- sureshot0
Here in Holland you MUST tell your age + its obliged.
- Josev0
say "old enough to know not to ask that question"
- duhsign0
stare deep into his eyes, take a long slow breath, say—"computer says no", keep staring for 3 seconds, look away
- fooler0
I would guess since your name is "pinkfloyd" and you're bitching about young people that you must be really old.
- don't worry I am too, I'm so old I saw The Wall in the movie theater when it was first released.fooler
- I'm the same age as most of the people here, i'm not that oldpinkfloyd
- i'm 34 you old farts!capn_ron
- capn, your'e oldmaquito
- 39mikotondria3
- so how old are you? I just turned 40!fooler
- we are all like a bunch of fine wines in here.capn_ron
- bored2death0
If you're in America, it is illegal for a potential employer to ask your age when interviewing you for a job. Obviously, they don't have to because it's easy to figure out by looking at your resume.
It is not illegal for some snot nose punk at work to ask you. It's bad form, but no illegal since he has no authority over you.
- I'm gonna take a break now, but when I come back, i'm going to eat this kid alivepinkfloyd
- it's not illegal for a potential employer to ask your age, actuallymonospaced
- pinkfloyd0
I'm thinking about telling him to ask the ages of the ladies around here.
- flashbender0
You should follow that up with "why, do you want to ask me out?"
- maquito0
Everything is illegal in the USA. Asking someones age, asking whi is someone ill, insulting, farting, eating, fucking...
Everything but growing share of income for the rich and letting the working class rot in crisis.
Wake up dude.- judging by the huge number of people i encounter daily, people ARE fucking. someone needs to stop them.bulletfactory
- +1 bulletfactoryContinuity
- pleasemaquito
- at leaset in the US...maquito
- revivehedgeplease0
OP must be old a fuck.
- I'm still younger than youpinkfloyd
- i'm 29 brorevivehedgeplease
- melq0
"Sorry, I like to keep my work and personal lives separate. I'm sure you can understand."
^ It's called the Law of Civility.
- silentpost0
am I missing something? why is this such a big deal?
I'm 24, make 250k a year, + benefits
- Jim! you got a raise, nice.registe
- How's the market in Detroit these days?nato
- breakin' necks and cashin' checks. business is booming.silentpost
- Continuity0
OK, look, are you actually managing this temp? Are you his direct report? If so, I think it's perfectly within your right to say, 'Listen, here's the arrangement: you come in, do the tasks we assign to the best of your abilities, you go home at the end of the day and we evaluate you on that basis. My personal life is none of your business, and is not subject to discussion. Do we understand each other?'
- Someone else is managing this guy, i'm checking with him if I can tell him to get me coffeepinkfloyd
- Then in that case, you let him know in uncertain terms that you will provide feedback on his performance to his manager.Continuity
- in no uncertain terms, ratherContinuity
- Apparently asking him to get my coffee would be poor form...oh wellpinkfloyd
- Probably just as well. He'd likely piss in it anyway.Continuity
- lolpinkfloyd
- chrisRG0
This is really funny to me (not) because in Brazil you have to put your age in your CV, and if you don't that's probably will be the first question of the interview.
And it's quite a common practice to fire old people, yep, 3rd world problem.- good gawd. If Brasil is 3rd world, I don't wanna live in the 1st.threadpost
- But Brazil is 3rd world, actually if you go to the North, unfortunately it is 5th world :(chrisRG
- north, like Fortaleza? I thought that place was very nice. Idk much about Parå or Amazonas tho. Brasil is tops in my book.threadpost
- But you're only seeing the tourist part, aren't you? More than 50% of the North ppl doesn't have Sewage treatment and illiterate rate are really highchrisRG
- I wont even mention the highly illiterate rates. Sao Paulo, Rio and mot big cities are ok, but the rest is ver poor ;(chrisRG
- You're correct. I only have a tourist visa. Tho I have several Brasilian friends and have "traveled" a bit beyond Corcovado.threadpost
- ...beyond Corcovado. I'm sure there are serious poverty/health/educa... probs. Only that I like what I saw or heard.threadpost
- I know... I feel so bad about that, it's such a good place, I just wish it would be safer and had a smaller social gap.chrisRG
- Brasil is the 50 yr world future. No: U.S, China,India,Russia,E... They're economic independent and gross xportersthreadpost
- Perhaps rather than carrying on w/ conversation in a post-it note, we should start a thread? chrisRG = GO! I'm a lazy gringo.threadpost
- threadpost0
In the US it is illegal to ask for your birth date before you are hired.
In the UK and other parts of western EU, it is acceptable (perhaps the folks across the pond can weigh in on that.) That's why you'll often see somebody's birth date on their C.V. in the EU.
Beyond the standard HR paperwork, there isn't any reason anyone else you work with must know your birth date.- it's not illegal in the sense that it's criminal thoughmonospaced
- vivid0
ha...sounds like you're being groomed
anything missing of yours?
- Continuity0
Make the temp your coffee and sandwich bitch.