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Forum: The Maple Leaf

Oct 6th 2017, 6:18 pm

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Ageism

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Posted By dbd33

Re: Ageism

was part of a sales pitch we heard for a lawn mower a couple of years ago. I just thought "Ah Canada, still in the 1950s". My wife took a harsher view.

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Oct 6th 2017, 3:02 pm

Replies: 136

Ageism

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Posted By dbd33

Re: Ageism

What we did in the past, when the client didn't like a class of person, was to have an acceptable person negotiate for the firm to do the work. After that remote work is judged on merit, it's done or...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Oct 6th 2017, 1:39 pm

Replies: 136

Ageism

Views: 6,832

Posted By dbd33

Re: Ageism

I suspect the market for rent granddads is less lucrative than that for rent boys but I don't speak from recent experience.

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Oct 6th 2017, 1:38 pm

Replies: 136

Ageism

Views: 6,832

Posted By dbd33

Re: Ageism

Granted I'm in the computer business, one in which little actually changes but one which prides itself on being fast paced and ever shifting, here experience of anything older than five years or so...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Oct 6th 2017, 1:29 pm

Replies: 136

Ageism

Views: 6,832

Posted By dbd33

Re: Ageism

Yes. Employers are capricious, they pay more for men than for women, they prefer the young to the old, they do not want anyone who is likely to make use of "their" benefits. I work now without...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Oct 6th 2017, 12:58 pm

Replies: 136

Ageism

Views: 6,832

Posted By dbd33

Re: Ageism

What kinds of things? I would think they're prone to being sick, unmotivated, out of touch with technology and to having unrealistic financial expectations.

(I don't say this is true of anyone in...

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