A woman provoked strong opinions on social networks after sharing a tough work experience. When asked to train a 25 year old coworkerthe veteran refused and detailed what happened to her afterwards.
On February 10 Jennifer Schroeder shared this story on his account TikTokwith the name @theunobsolete (which means «not obsolete»). The topic he decided to communicate is not strange to his audience: more than 70,000 people follow this profile in which the woman talks about the labor market, the conflicts it involves and professional development.
The episode highlighted the age discrimination in the workplacewhich “is widespread in the American business environment,” according to a report by Forbes.
This fact can cause people over 50 years of age to feel «being expelled»specified the New York Post in a note on the subject.
“My superior was furious.”
After he refused to train his colleague, Schroeder revealed that They sent him an email about being a “team player.”.
“I didn’t care,” he said without flinching, and then gave his justification for what happened: “They didn’t give me the promotion that I earned. to give it to a person fresh out of college, with zero experience, and then they expect me to teach them how to do the job.”
When asked for a response as to why they had not given her the position, They told her that “she was too good”. «The audacity is amazing, right?» the woman stated, indignantly.
“Do you want me to train my replacement? Pay me!«, he said with marked conviction in front of his followers. «Do you want my knowledge of 25 years? «Pay me,» he snapped. Do you want me to smile while you humiliate me? Bad person. I’m not your TV show. free training”he added.
Schroeder even went so far as to say that at work He was told his behavior was “unprofessional.” and that “I was not supporting the team.” She even brought up the moment she took over that role, and asked why “the team hadn’t helped her then,” to which they responded with silence.
Finally, the woman left her “learning” to her social media followers: “the second you stop being useful, they stop pretending to care about you.”
The meeting with human resources and the company’s decision
But such words were given in the first part of his message. In the second recording, he gave details of what happened after his decision, certainly opposite to that of his bosses.
“Two days later, they called me to a meeting with human resources to discuss my attitude,” he indicated.
It was then that Jennifer Schroeder made her inalienable point of view clear. “They didn’t want to discuss the fact that They passed me for promotionor my free work, but rather my attitude against being exploited.”
For this reason, the experienced woman paid little attention to the words that came later, in which she expressed “concern about her lack of collaboration,” which reflected “poorly on his leadership potential”.
Schroeder stated, both with his employers and in front of the cell phone, that “they punished her” for “setting a limit”. In addition, she once again highlighted the silences of those who asked her for more collaboration when she finished presenting her point of view.
What happened to him after he was fired and how his young replacement continued
Finally, Schroeder hinted that the company – of which he did not reveal the name or the sector – has a “culture of exploiting experience”, without the correct remuneration, to train young staff.
Although she was not fired on the same day she had the meeting with RR.HH., confessed with indignation that they stopped joining her to meetingsand that they gave their projects to other people. “From the manual,” he said before the camera.
Finally, she ended up being fired and received six months compensationreported the New York Post. Regarding the promoted young woman, “she lasted only four months,” according to what a former colleague told the dismissed woman.
