Anyone else so tired of ageism at work?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining. You aren’t better than them. Embrace your age.

Fine, go tell black women and people in wheelchairs to stop complaining and “embrace” themselves too. Some of you just don’t understand that age discrimination IS discrimination.

Everyone gets old. Therein lies the difference.

Younger people never seem to understand that everyone gets older, and they must be corrected when they act in an ageist manner.

Ok b00mer

Another agesist.

Most young people don’t even know what a boomer is. Let them stew in their ignorance—they’re the ones who will pay the price for it.

[Anonymous]

I agree, OP. We are the ones that are creating this culture.

I work in tech and ageism is really bad there too. If you didn’t make it to management by 45, you are in a bad spot.

I’m just curious, all those who interview candidates. Do they realize they will be 45 too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining. You aren’t better than them. Embrace your age.

Fine, go tell black women and people in wheelchairs to stop complaining and “embrace” themselves too. Some of you just don’t understand that age discrimination IS discrimination.

Everyone gets old. Therein lies the difference.

Younger people never seem to understand that everyone gets older, and they must be corrected when they act in an ageist manner.

Ok b00mer

np You do know pp that one day the younger generation is going to say something just as dismissive of you? My 20 dd babysat two kids, 10 and 8 and they thought she was ancient.

She is. A 20 year.

[Anonymous]

Marketing is extremely ageist. Unless you become an executive, you start to lose your luster earlier than other professions. It is especially harsh toward older women, and women make up a large percentage of the marketing workforce.

[Anonymous]

I am OP. I am trying to squeeze out a little more than 2 years to retire at 70. I just try to keep my mouth shut.

[Anonymous]

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My company does zero TV commercials, we do zero physical post office ads, do zero print ads, we don’t have an 800 number to call or a website to sign up.

Gen Z don’t watch TV, open mail, make phone calls or use websites. We are now focusing on Gen Alpha. Really pushing for people born in 2010s. Most people in world don’t even speak English.

To be honest a 25 year old white English speaking marketing person is an old women out of touch to a 12 year old customer in India.

They should fire everyone in marketing over 27 you are out of touch

Please circle back when the 12 year old customer in India has a disposable income.

[Anonymous]

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My company does zero TV commercials, we do zero physical post office ads, do zero print ads, we don’t have an 800 number to call or a website to sign up.

Gen Z don’t watch TV, open mail, make phone calls or use websites. We are now focusing on Gen Alpha. Really pushing for people born in 2010s. Most people in world don’t even speak English.

To be honest a 25 year old white English speaking marketing person is an old women out of touch to a 12 year old customer in India.

They should fire everyone in marketing over 27 you are out of touch

They are a sad bunch. The funny thing is that most older people have more energy than their sorry a$$es.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shouting “ageist” on the internet is definitely going to solve your problems. Wanna go yell at a cloud next?

Same goes for whatever generation still posts "ok b00mer". Wanna go cry about your hurt feelings?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am OP. I am trying to squeeze out a little more than 2 years to retire at 70. I just try to keep my mouth shut.

OP, if you have all that experience in the industry, how is this in any way bothering you? Where were you when the same exact thing happened with Millennials? Advertising caters to the same age bracket and that age bracket always 1) thinks they invented everything cool and 2) thinks that older people are lame. They just use different slang. This should not be news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
My company does zero TV commercials, we do zero physical post office ads, do zero print ads, we don’t have an 800 number to call or a website to sign up.

Gen Z don’t watch TV, open mail, make phone calls or use websites. We are now focusing on Gen Alpha. Really pushing for people born in 2010s. Most people in world don’t even speak English.

To be honest a 25 year old white English speaking marketing person is an old women out of touch to a 12 year old customer in India.

They should fire everyone in marketing over 27 you are out of touch

So I notice you didn't mention anything about a 25 year old white man or black man or POC

So not only are you ageist you are sexist and racist

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining. You aren’t better than them. Embrace your age.

Fine, go tell black women and people in wheelchairs to stop complaining and “embrace” themselves too. Some of you just don’t understand that age discrimination IS discrimination.

Everyone gets old. Therein lies the difference.

Younger people never seem to understand that everyone gets older, and they must be corrected when they act in an ageist manner.

Ok b00mer

np You do know pp that one day the younger generation is going to say something just as dismissive of you? My 20 dd babysat two kids, 10 and 8 and they thought she was ancient.

She is. A 20 year.

You must be the 8 year old. Shouldn't you be in school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am OP. I am trying to squeeze out a little more than 2 years to retire at 70. I just try to keep my mouth shut.

OP, if you have all that experience in the industry, how is this in any way bothering you? Where were you when the same exact thing happened with Millennials? Advertising caters to the same age bracket and that age bracket always 1) thinks they invented everything cool and 2) thinks that older people are lame. They just use different slang. This should not be news.

Yeah, this kind of makes me wonder about OP. An actual 68-year-old marketing veteran would've noticed this tendency when the Bay City Rollers had a TV show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am OP. I am trying to squeeze out a little more than 2 years to retire at 70. I just try to keep my mouth shut.

OP, if you have all that experience in the industry, how is this in any way bothering you? Where were you when the same exact thing happened with Millennials? Advertising caters to the same age bracket and that age bracket always 1) thinks they invented everything cool and 2) thinks that older people are lame. They just use different slang. This should not be news.

Yeah, this kind of makes me wonder about OP. An actual 68-year-old marketing veteran would've noticed this tendency when the Bay City Rollers had a TV show.

Yeah 18-35 has always been the "desired" demographic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am OP. I am trying to squeeze out a little more than 2 years to retire at 70. I just try to keep my mouth shut.

OP, if you have all that experience in the industry, how is this in any way bothering you? Where were you when the same exact thing happened with Millennials? Advertising caters to the same age bracket and that age bracket always 1) thinks they invented everything cool and 2) thinks that older people are lame. They just use different slang. This should not be news.

Yeah, this kind of makes me wonder about OP. An actual 68-year-old marketing veteran would've noticed this tendency when the Bay City Rollers had a TV show.

I replied to OP saying "I am OP" to answer her question that I am tired to ageism. I realized that answer could have been read to be being from OP. I am not sure how old OP is.

[Anonymous]

So cringe. I’m gonna dip.