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<blockquote data-quote="quadro" data-source="post: 672768" data-attributes="member: 12850"><p>I understand how it can seem that way but the fact of the matter is, it isn't discrimination. Somehow you're just going to have to wrap your mind around that fact. The law requires a company to apply the same standards no matter what a person's age. That's why there are job descriptions. To make it clear exactly what is required. There are jobs that are exempt from this (not sure if exempt is legally the correct term). Pilots, for example, have a mandatory retirement age which in effect says they cannot do the job because of their age. 99% of jobs aren't like that. It's up to the individual to decide if they are physically capable of doing the job. If they are not and do not change jobs, then their below par performance must be addressed. Here's the problem that is sometimes mistaken as age discrimination: An older employee at FedEx who's been around 25 years and is the nicest person in the world cannot do the job and worse case gets terminated. Everyone screams age discrimination. The problem is that if FedEx said "well, they're a long time employee and a great person, let's cut them some slack and let them keep their job" they now couldn't hold anyone accountable because they've ignored their own job requirements.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not making an assumption because the requirements are the same for everyone. Those requirements are outlined in policies and job descriptions. The job description and acceptable standards for a courier in Truth or Consequences, NM, are the same as for a courier in Walla Walla, WA.</p><p></p><p>I acknowledged that a manager <em>could</em> abuse their authority. I have no direct knowledge of one that has. FedEx has an anti-discrimination policy so the assumption is that they don't condone discrimination. Company policy does not dictate that managerial decisions are up to individual operations. The policies are there to ensure that managers are consistent in their decisions and don't discriminate.</p><p></p><p>Now in the real world, you are talking hundreds, if not thousands of managers making 10's of thousands of decisions. Managers are human and make mistakes. As long as there is a formal process for questioning a managers decisions then that's a good thing. FedEx has GFT, Open Door, ethics line, etc for doing that. Given the nature of this forum, most people here would likely say that those are worthless. That's their opinion and they are welcome to it. My personal experience says they are not worthless.</p><p></p><p>That's your opinion and I respect that. Keep in mind that managers aren't judge, jury, and executioner. Well at least not jury and executioner as a terminated employee can go through the three GFT steps and have their situation reviewed. The manager has no control over that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="quadro, post: 672768, member: 12850"] I understand how it can seem that way but the fact of the matter is, it isn't discrimination. Somehow you're just going to have to wrap your mind around that fact. The law requires a company to apply the same standards no matter what a person's age. That's why there are job descriptions. To make it clear exactly what is required. There are jobs that are exempt from this (not sure if exempt is legally the correct term). Pilots, for example, have a mandatory retirement age which in effect says they cannot do the job because of their age. 99% of jobs aren't like that. It's up to the individual to decide if they are physically capable of doing the job. If they are not and do not change jobs, then their below par performance must be addressed. Here's the problem that is sometimes mistaken as age discrimination: An older employee at FedEx who's been around 25 years and is the nicest person in the world cannot do the job and worse case gets terminated. Everyone screams age discrimination. The problem is that if FedEx said "well, they're a long time employee and a great person, let's cut them some slack and let them keep their job" they now couldn't hold anyone accountable because they've ignored their own job requirements. I'm not making an assumption because the requirements are the same for everyone. Those requirements are outlined in policies and job descriptions. The job description and acceptable standards for a courier in Truth or Consequences, NM, are the same as for a courier in Walla Walla, WA. I acknowledged that a manager [I]could[/I] abuse their authority. I have no direct knowledge of one that has. FedEx has an anti-discrimination policy so the assumption is that they don't condone discrimination. Company policy does not dictate that managerial decisions are up to individual operations. The policies are there to ensure that managers are consistent in their decisions and don't discriminate. Now in the real world, you are talking hundreds, if not thousands of managers making 10's of thousands of decisions. Managers are human and make mistakes. As long as there is a formal process for questioning a managers decisions then that's a good thing. FedEx has GFT, Open Door, ethics line, etc for doing that. Given the nature of this forum, most people here would likely say that those are worthless. That's their opinion and they are welcome to it. My personal experience says they are not worthless. That's your opinion and I respect that. Keep in mind that managers aren't judge, jury, and executioner. Well at least not jury and executioner as a terminated employee can go through the three GFT steps and have their situation reviewed. The manager has no control over that. [/QUOTE]
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