Whats the matter Bobby and nail, can't debate my points so you go the man. Pathetic. Try taking your tongue out of one another's arse and you might get an understanding that your up poo creek because you can't see past one another's insecurities.

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That is BS.

They don't want to know you if you are over 40.

Big Dave wrote on Nov 13^th, 2012 at 6:48pm:



Not really.

Even with disciplines like IT, office work mid managment etc.

You will find young managers who are terrified of older people who clearly know more than they do.

You front up at a recrutment group to be interviewed by a 18 year old girl who switches off on site, you may as well turn around and walk out.

You go into an interview and can instantly tell by the looks that you wasted your time, just going thru the motion from that point and nobody has said a word.

You can also tell when you are getting a fair hearing, there are open minded employers and some are smart enough to work out that in most instances an older employee is more value, typically more reliable and consistant more likely to make correct decisions and much more likely to stay more than 6 months, turn up for shifts , less time off, be on time etc.

Verge wrote on Nov 13^th, 2012 at 6:20pm:



Verge - you're a nasty piece of works.
Have you got a job for our mate Crook?

Try & do & say something positive for a change.

Verge wrote on Nov 13^th, 2012 at 6:20pm:


you don't have any points because you are not human.

Dnarever wrote on Nov 13^th, 2012 at 6:42pm:



thats over 25

or is it your status in society. ie if you once were a labour,(manual labour) or a person without family of your own, your not important.

I agree - I've had exactly the same experience time after time - and lte me tell you - it is deeply insulting to be considered lower than whale poo compared to some 17 year old with a nice set of boobs and arse for a job you could do standing on your head before her mother was born.

Not totally exclusive to young lasses etc - but let's be honest - the current thing is that not everyone over 45 wants a job chopping down forest giants - they'd like THEIR turn at the comfort zone - and are treated like scum when they apply.

It used to be fairly normal that older people got the soft-arse jobs when they aged - not now - now these competent older workers compete, with little to zero chance, with young ones with a ticket of leave from a college.

Read up on 'educa tion' these days and how it actually impacts on the workforce.