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Ageism for low level white collar jobs is insanely bad
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:04 AM Author: Aquamarine painfully honest son of senegal Considering hiring a 45 year old dude to work as a legal assistant. He's also a fobbish dude, but has an LLM and his writing sample is very impressive. Easily competent to do the job, but the girls in the office are vehemently against hiring him, and even the associate who interviewed him is against the idea. Dude just wants to get his foot in the door as a freaking assistant, which he's over qualified for, and even sent a super eager and polite thank you email. Ignoring what others want, and going to hire him. He might not fit in, but he'll fit out, and do well, I recon. Getting a wide-eyed college grad this time of year is too hard, and so I'm taking what I can get. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047150) |
Date: October 18th, 2018 12:10 AM Author: pearly curious background story dilemma Good on you for fighting the good fight. I'm tired of jobs like this always being filled by some dumb as shit young woman. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047195) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:28 AM Author: Aquamarine painfully honest son of senegal tbf, the best assistants I've had were all recent college grad girls looking to get experience before LS. They don't mind the low pay because of the learning experience they get, you can put them through long hours, and they hardly complain, and they don't get pregnant and need to take leave suddenly. Bros tend to waste time more. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047298) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 8:49 AM Author: talented out-of-control menage they don't mind the low pay because dad pays their rent (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37048185) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:11 AM Author: Godawful vivacious round eye Why would anyone prefer a college grad for anything (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047208) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:28 AM Author: Aquamarine painfully honest son of senegal willingness to work long hours without expecting high pay or demands. occasionally say they are awesome, and they are happy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047301) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:13 AM Author: cerebral sound barrier Cr ur a hero brother. Way better than hiring some dumb blond that checks herself out in the reflection of every skyscraper as she waddles her way from office to work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047221) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:14 AM Author: Cobalt pocket flask space If JDs can be contract attorneys, then why not legal assistants? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047230) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:15 AM Author: flickering stage no dude hire a young chad to emasculate you and enamor the office girls instead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047232) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:15 AM Author: dun roommate there has to be a college grad out there bra... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047234) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:29 AM Author: Aquamarine painfully honest son of senegal none who are stable, at least not this time of year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047311) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 8:52 AM Author: dun roommate Flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37048191) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:18 AM Author: Maize house laser beams that's just how the world works. if you're in the legal industry and not a law firm partner or general counsel by age 45 for god's sake you shouldn't have a job at all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047249) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 8:09 AM Author: Jet-lagged Laughsome Business Firm Dragon So every 45 year old lawyer is either partner, counsel, or an unemployed by choice citizen getting unemployment benefits? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37048049) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:20 AM Author: odious whorehouse crazy coincidence that xoers have recently and collectively taken up anti-ageism in hiring as a cause celebre. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047260) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 6:25 AM Author: ivory site personal credit line (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047931) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 6:30 AM Author: supple bistre lay masturbator crazy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047936) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 7:20 AM Author: Dull Cumskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047974) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 8:10 AM Author: Jet-lagged Laughsome Business Firm Dragon Xoers are starting to age too, bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37048052) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 8:10 AM Author: sooty razzle-dazzle mother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37048054) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:24 AM Author: Unholy self-centered useless brakes ape Good job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047276) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:27 AM Author: Pearl Field Crotch Thank you for standing against ageism, comrade.
Its always funner to hire someone in the "right" age bracket...until we age out of the bracket and are left fending for ourselves.
Had relatives who aged out of the hiring bracket a few years ago. It was sad. |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:29 AM Author: flickering stage whats the bracket (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047307) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:35 AM Author: Pearl Field Crotch Secretarial seems to be under 25
(non-high level) Attorney seems to be under 35 |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:30 AM Author: Aquamarine painfully honest son of senegal tbf, I would be much more inclined to hire someone in their 20s, just couldn't find anyone solid due to the seasonality and need to bring someone on right away. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047321) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 12:44 AM Author: flickering stage is he a licensed attorney? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047376) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 6:28 AM Author: supple bistre lay masturbator Good job man. This shit is RAMPANT in the legal profession. If you're more than 8 years out you won't be considered for ANYTHING below a super senior role even if you really want some shitjob (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047933) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 6:48 AM Author: Passionate idiot national The issue here is that apparent age is often the best heuristic for assessing computer literacy or aptitude, which in low level positions is often critical. And be careful cuz olds lie like crazy about their abilities. Most are fine but if you've ever had an admin or assistant who can't figure out how to make a table in excel, or reliably save a document to the correct location you might notice that such people are invariably over 45. Its amazing such people exist but they are FAR more common than you might believe esp among people gunning for these low level spots. They're worse than useless. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047957) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 8:10 AM Author: Embarrassed to the bone sick base It's 2018. Everyone under 55 or so grew up with computers, bro. Or if not quite grew up with them they've used that shit in the office for 25+ years now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37048053) |
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Date: October 19th, 2018 7:38 PM Author: Passionate idiot national Nope simply not true. There's plenty of gen xers running around that apparently grew up in tech illiterate houseHolds and who lack the ambition needed to learn basic computer literacy. They look like ordinar people. I know licensed attorneys, several actually, that cannot save a word document in the right place reliably. And this isn't an attention to detail thing it's a lack of understanding where to click or how to conceptualize a Windows directory. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37058793) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 8:48 AM Author: alcoholic translucent nursing home french chef lol@the idea of the average "liberal arts" college major knowing how to do anything semi complicated in excel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37048179) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 10:16 AM Author: Unholy self-centered useless brakes ape Or necessarily even have the capacity to figure it out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37048631) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 7:34 AM Author: Histrionic low-t police squad an llm ? c'mon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047983) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 7:40 AM Author: Onyx pozpig Why isn't he practicing law? Why would someone with an LLM want to be a legal assistant? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37047989) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 7:56 AM Author: Passionate idiot national correct. either has deep flaws with basic skills like computer literacy, or crippling emotional problems that will make him a cancer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37048014) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 8:01 AM Author: pearly curious background story dilemma Isn't the legal job market terrible? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37048031) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 8:02 AM Author: Embarrassed to the bone sick base He's probably a foreigner and his english is too TTT to really practice law. Thats the story with tons of LLMs who become paralegals and shit. My office is full of them in compliance jobs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37048034) |
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Date: October 19th, 2018 7:35 PM Author: Cobalt pocket flask space my firm hires incomprehensible foreigners who graduate magna from T14 schools (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37058779) |
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Date: October 18th, 2018 8:43 AM Author: scarlet free-loading persian corner ageism works in reverse as well -- very hard for young people to get high paying upper management jobs/partner gigs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37048152) |
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Date: October 19th, 2018 7:33 PM Author: Hateful marvelous newt chapel they aren't qualified (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4109375&forum_id=2#37058773) |