Brian Ross wrote on Mar 8
th, 2017 at 5:54pm:
President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Mar 8
th, 2017 at 5:50pm:
Brian Ross wrote on Mar 8
th, 2017 at 5:32pm:
look... I understand all of that .. and I'm starting to face it myself...
jobs that I went for 10 years ago.. I had people begging me at my feet...
now... 10 years on and moving jobs... wow...

jobs that I would walk into I can't even get an interview...
speaking with a recent workmate... they told me to leave off my DOB on my Resume as they faced similar situations... once the DOB was taken off their resume they started getting interviews again...
nothing has changed.... I'm still a genius in my trade apart from my age... but I even have an extra 10 years under my belt...
But some on Brian... 87??
I bet there was more to it as well...
I hope they go on a trip around australia and really enjoy themselves...
Agism? Adding that to your Racism, Xenophobia and Islamophobia. Not many "isms" left, you realise?

I haven't been putting my DOB on my CV for twenty years. There is no requirement to. My academic achievements are also undated. My age is my affair and no one else's. There is no mandatory retirement age now. 87 is fine. If they can keep up the pace and still make decisions, it's none of yours or Pauline's business what their age is.
come on Brian... stop the brow beating...
I would say that there is more to it than just their age...
its extremely had to tell someone that they have "lost it"
I saw one old chap go down hill in a Coach Company I used to work for...
good mate of mine...
but he got to the stage at one point there he couldn't even open my office door as it had a round handle.. he thought it was locked and went out the other door...

is this someone you should have behind the wheel of a School Bus??
how do you tell someone that they are incapable of doing that job anymore when "they" believe that they are??
swear black and blue that they are fine...??
I know another coach company who just has a mandatory retirement age for drivers.. I think it was 72...
at least it was a given and you didn't have to tell some old people that there were now dangerous not only to themselves but to the public...
not all of them... sure...
but it wasn't worth the risk of the public and school children...
no fights.. no ill feeling...