Re: Ageism
"We need more tolerance for difference and a whole lot more fun at work."
I was doing some work in a council office today. Open plan area, and a discussion was happening over at one of the group desks. This was part of the IT help desk service. A bunch of crusty old wrinklys 5 minutes from retirement, male and female, discussing some of the finer points of Active Directory and why some particular user was having problems logging in.
Another company I deal with, their field engineers seem to have an average age in the high 40's, early 50's.
The problem is widespread, but apparently not universal. Councils and government departments are usually well on top of any possible discrimination and people working there do tend to stick around a lot longer then in the commercial world, so that might be skewing the stats too.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
