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I was just wondering, reading the job ads, if it would be considered offensive to the experienced MT for ads for employment to state:
No senior or experienced MT's over 5 years need apply!
Ok, sure it is hypothetically a stupid question but, even though no experienced MT will answer it honestly, still makes a point.
No matter what, if every job you looked at AUTOMATICALLY knocked you out of the water because the company preferred newer, younger, fresher, more trainable, less set in their way employees, you might be writing this same post.
Maybe? Anyone honest here? LOL
My opinion: He/she is just pulling everyone’s chain. This can be seen when using the example of his/her spelling and grammatical errors (again, I am not being the “grammar or spelling police” but have to use those as examples to make a point).
The original poster made several replies and never uses a moniker, but because his/her spelling and grammar are so distinctive, it is easy to spot him/her. For example, he/she misspelled the word “discrimination” the same way in two different posts, and also is the only one who uses quotes around “newbie.”
The original poster actually replied to his/her own first post and then patted himself/herself on the back for agreeing.
Since we can now edit our posts, I am going to copy 3 posts just in case the original poster tries to go back and correct the “gotcha” misspellings:
ORIGINAL POSTER:
Although I alrady stated that it was a stupid question - Yours
Posted: Dec 3rd, 2010 - 1:51 pm In Reply to: Stupid question - me
Yours is probably the most accurate true response I will get. LOL In todays "sue happy" world though, so could experience descrimination. Could fit right in there with Affirmative action. Just another randome thought.
DIFFERENT POSTER OR ORGINAL POSTER?
Honest answer - Redwriter
Posted: Dec 3rd, 2010 - 3:42 pm In Reply to: The shoe and the other Foot - Just a qestion
Yes, I would find it offensive. I would also find it illegal (age descrimination), though with 30+ years, I suspect it occurs and have been known to take evasive resume action to keep working. But I also cringe at the word "newbie," and the pointless mean-spiritedness of it. In a business based on skills and the final product, it boggles my mind why anything counts in choosing employees other than results of the tests.
ORIGINAL POSTER:
Thank you RedWriter - Anyone else?
Posted: Dec 4th, 2010 - 10:29 am In Reply to: Honest answer - Redwriter
That might be the only honest one I get. My point of why it is offensive is mainly what you said. Experience does matter, but it does not exclude a candidate from being given a shot. The person who has ten years experience might be testing in a field that they haven't done a lot of and the "newbie" might have thrived in that field in school. Would you hire the experienced one who did worse on the test just because she has been in the business for 10 years…
Moral of the story: If you are going to reply to your own posts, at least run it through a spell checker before you post it.
Just my opinion, but wondering if anyone else thinks those posts were all by the same person?