Posted on 03/07/2007 2:34:46 PM PST by qam1
What happens when a twenty-something manager tells an older worker to turn up her hearing aid or take an herbal memory medicine? In this Oregon case, it got the employer in trouble with the feds.
Scott and Patty Corp., formerly Woodburn Fertilizer, Inc., agreed recently to pay Carolyn Arzino, a former longtime 55-year-old accounting secretary, $85,000 to settle age discrimination claims brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The case arose, agency trial attorney Teri Healy told The Oregonian, from the actions of a female manager in her 20s, who criticized Arzino's work, telling her, among other things, that she should take ginkgo biloba, an herbal memory tonic, and turn up the volume on her Miracle Ear.
The manager gave Arzino a poor performance evaluation, withheld her raise and placed her on a 30-day probation before firing her on July 20, 2004, according to the EEOC's complaint. But EEOCs investigation revealed that Arzinos coworkers said she was an exceptional performer.
Scott and Patty Corp. denied liability.
This case, noted EEOC district director Joan Ehrlich, illustrates a phenomenon of today's workplace: It spans four generations -- Millennials, Gen Xers, Baby Boomers and the last of the Silent Generation born before the end of World War II -- and their members don't always speak the same language or work quite the same way. Employers need to be aware and sensitive to those dynamics.
Then you imagined more than you controlled.
20 is the new 10. Trust me, we've hired a couple.
30 is the new 15. Fired a couple of those recently too.
The overarching issue is the outsized expectations for advancement and overdeveloped sense of entitlement, coupled by an unbelievable lack of initiative or work ethic.
Like 9 miles of bad road.
What do you mean?
Yeah, look at who the big sex-bombs of Hollywood are according to Time Magazine: Helen Mirren (who confesses she doesn't wear panties!); Susan Sarandon; Meryl Streep; Jane Fonda.
Barf....
Look guys, most have us here have a sense of humor; some of us are predatory.
"When premenstrual meets post-menopausal the Earth moves..."
Hee hee! Probably every woman over 40 could use a little ginko biloba, LOL!
I remember when I was in my 20s. I thought I was smart stuff. Okay, I was. But I had little patience for more mature coworkers who weren't as "energetic" and "driven" as I was. Now I'm old enough to know I didn't know squat back then! Live and learn.
I'm not sure you're real ... maybe some kind of troll-bot .... Your name is from someone's imagination and your language is stereotype.
At least she never pulled a Britney Spears.
Yeah, they've gotta get used to the fact that the boomers are going to have to die before they get promoted and they'll be 'the kid' in the office until they are 45....
Huh?
Stick around, I'll give you my recipe for dirt. :)
It certainly does make for a more "challenging" management environment, but that's the world we live in.
Honestly, that's pretty funny! And, no....
20 year old manager: "Do you have a new hearing aid?"
Baby boomer:"Yes I do."
20 year old manager: "What kind is it?"
Baby boomer" "10 O'Clock"
Silence is about the only thing no one has ever accused me of.
As heavy as the sky might be; it predates you and me.
So what, are you telling me that, when I was 19 and an instructor at a nuclear power plant, supervising officers and enlisted alike (as an enlisted man, by the way) during nuclear power plant operations, that I shouldn't have been doing that simply because of my age? Got it, I will tell the Navy that only older people are allowed to train and operate their nuke plants....they may be able to run one with those requirements.
I hope your keeper finds the other end of your leash before much longer.
That's right. I am not one who would frequent Whole Foods. I shop at the boring old Kroger. LOL!
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