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2026-02-17 Economy

Company asks veteran employee to train 25-year-old they promoted over her ‐ and she refuses: ‘The audacity is stunning'

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Posted by Frank G 2026-02-17 05:09|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1791 views ] Top

1 Every company has a plan. Not all the plans are particularly good.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-02-17 06:06|| 2026-02-17 06:06|| Front Page Top

2 Without knowing details I suspect Jennifer is high maintenance and the training probably is mostly tactical.

Posted by Airandee 2026-02-17 06:31|| 2026-02-17 06:31|| Front Page Top

3 Here is where she went wrong:

Schroeder describes herself as a "workplace advocate" for professionals 45 and up.

Age discrimination is real. It has been for decades.

Emphasis added.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-17 07:03|| 2026-02-17 07:03|| Front Page Top

4
I have a neighbor next door, that last year acquired a new local Office Manager where she has worked for 20+ years.
The new manager tried to play bean counter to look good to corporate HQ and started trimming operational cost and improve the office location ROI.

So the bean counter decided to push her and 2 other Sr. Acct reps out. He started by cutting their hours, and assigning her accounts to new hires, or lower paid junior staff.

Once their clients started having to deal with the idiots that knew little or nothing about their client's business operational needs and processes. The clients made it clear to corporate, either their long time account rep's handle their accounts, or they'll move on.

The Corporate Office relocated the New Mgr. in a quick manner.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-02-17 07:11|| 2026-02-17 07:11|| Front Page Top

5 OBTW: Not long after Schroeder received six months of severance pay, she said an old colleague reached out to her — the young woman promoted over her lasted just four months.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-02-17 07:19|| 2026-02-17 07:19|| Front Page Top

6 The one doing the hiring should also be shown the door. They're the people who know the price of things but never the value.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-02-17 07:41|| 2026-02-17 07:41|| Front Page Top

7 Wonder what else is with her... The rest of the story?

But remember, K-Mart literally fired the manager who came up with the Blue Light Special.

The Blue Light Special was created by an assistant manager named Earl Bartell in 1965

Posted by Woodrow 2026-02-17 19:08|| 2026-02-17 19:08|| Front Page Top

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