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]]> By: Anonnymouse! http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2004/07/09/lessons-about-age-discrimination-that-i-learned-from-my-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-185371 Anonnymouse! Sat, 09 May 2009 10:35:19 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2004/07/09/lessons-about-age-discrimination-that-i-learned-from-my-mom/#comment-185371 If I were 21 i'd have difficulty imagining working for someone 20 years youger than me as well ;) If I were 21 i'd have difficulty imagining working for someone 20 years youger than me as well ;)

]]> By: Aviva Gabriel http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2004/07/09/lessons-about-age-discrimination-that-i-learned-from-my-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-157471 Aviva Gabriel Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:22:47 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2004/07/09/lessons-about-age-discrimination-that-i-learned-from-my-mom/#comment-157471 I love this post! It's good to see your understanding of the interrupted and sometimes convoluted career paths that result in a 55-year-old accepting a position where he/she reports to a 25-year-old who has fewer qualifications and far more limited perspective. I empathize with your mother's initial crying sessions (having been in a similar position), and admire her feistiness in "untrapping" herself. What your Mom did took oodles of persistence and courage, and she's a real gem for hauling herself out of the prejudice of sexism, ageism, divorce, and the major cultural differences that can occur between generations. Many folks my age (members of the dreaded "baby boomer" generation) have been change agents and have fashioned life courses for themselves that took courage and original thinking. But...it has also landed many of us in situations where we're working well below our ability and reporting to snooty bosses who aren't even slightly curious about our rich backgrounds, pioneering efforts, and large toolboxes of skills. Not following the usual career path - which so many of us who were young teens in the late '60s - has allowed for wildly rich life experiences that would have been impossible had we followed the "lockstep" route to success. In my case, I've had the leisure to pursue some of my talents and explore the beaches of Mexico - and have even had the luxury of building a business that I sold to a Fortune 500 company, after which I lived a lifestyle of some relative wealth for many years - but I've also discovered that many of my adventures have now led to closed doors, limited options, and lots of ageist prejudice. Long story; don't want to bore folks. But a change in finances has led me to accept a job that pays low wages (not even a salary), with no prospects for growth due to my age, no "flex-time," an old-fashioned time clock, and is replete with the frustrations that accompany reporting to very young folks without business experience, knowledge of how to manage people/meetings/projects, or much life acumen. And I have to "suck it up" (until I find a new way to support myself and pay my bills). I can only remind myself that I "had my fun and days of success," and tell myself that if I want "out" of this bad situation, I'll have to get up the guts to do something entrepreneurial and original once again. I love this post! It's good to see your understanding of the interrupted and sometimes convoluted career paths that result in a 55-year-old accepting a position where he/she reports to a 25-year-old who has fewer qualifications and far more limited perspective. I empathize with your mother's initial crying sessions (having been in a similar position), and admire her feistiness in "untrapping" herself. What your Mom did took oodles of persistence and courage, and she's a real gem for hauling herself out of the prejudice of sexism, ageism, divorce, and the major cultural differences that can occur between generations.

Many folks my age (members of the dreaded "baby boomer" generation) have been change agents and have fashioned life courses for themselves that took courage and original thinking. But…it has also landed many of us in situations where we're working well below our ability and reporting to snooty bosses who aren't even slightly curious about our rich backgrounds, pioneering efforts, and large toolboxes of skills.

Not following the usual career path – which so many of us who were young teens in the late '60s – has allowed for wildly rich life experiences that would have been impossible had we followed the "lockstep" route to success.

In my case, I've had the leisure to pursue some of my talents and explore the beaches of Mexico – and have even had the luxury of building a business that I sold to a Fortune 500 company, after which I lived a lifestyle of some relative wealth for many years – but I've also discovered that many of my adventures have now led to closed doors, limited options, and lots of ageist prejudice.

Long story; don't want to bore folks. But a change in finances has led me to accept a job that pays low wages (not even a salary), with no prospects for growth due to my age, no "flex-time," an old-fashioned time clock, and is replete with the frustrations that accompany reporting to very young folks without business experience, knowledge of how to manage people/meetings/projects, or much life acumen. And I have to "suck it up" (until I find a new way to support myself and pay my bills).

I can only remind myself that I "had my fun and days of success," and tell myself that if I want "out" of this bad situation, I'll have to get up the guts to do something entrepreneurial and original once again.

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