When your colleague calls you “girl’ or “boy”, you should know that your older colleague is already assuming that your competency at your age is not to be taken seriously. Even though it is not taken with the seriousness it deserves, it is quite rampant and remains overlooked in our workplaces. Management thinking that older workers are too close to retirement to invest in. It communicates that the company finds it a waste of time and money to invest in the older workers. That unspoken assumption that young workers should not complain about working overtime since they have no responsibilities or young children to tend to at home.

Source: Standard Digital February 20, 2021 20:26 UTC