Tag: Age discrimination

Question to Ask the Workplace Doctors about age discrimination: The lower supervisor is always making reference to my age in front of other employees. He makes a point about it calling me Grandpa.

I believe that I’m working in an abusive working environment. The lower supervisor is always making reference to my age in front of other employees. He makes a point about it calling me Grandpa. My age is 47. He says that if I have a problem, to report about the incident, but not to send it to him. He stated there was nothing he could do about it anyway because he is the supervisor. He is a lower level supervisor.

Question to Ask the Workplace Doctors about age discrimination: I’m over fifty and too young for retirement. They have me sitting in a room ten hours each day doing entry-level work.

The volatility of the U.S. economy is taking a large toll in the workplace. Mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and staff reductions create a chaotic work world around us. We no longer understand the forces behind company decisions. In general, how do employees maintain their enthusiasm in the workplace, while coping with the stress of antiquated changes? These changes raise the question of fairness, and the terrible helpless feeling of the system failing us. Focusing on the situation of a current position and reassignment can overwhelm many workers.