Today, I got fired from my new job on my first day. Why? Because I'm 19 and company policy says you have to be 21. But they can't ask how old you are. FML
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Today, I was let go from work because they need "younger people". I'm 19 and I work at a flower market. FML
Today, I was fired because my boss found out I had been looking for a new job. Then, I got a call from my only job prospect, saying I was overqualified and too young to work there as a waitress. FML
Today, I was fired for not asking a senior citizen for proof that he was over 21 and legally allowed to purchase alcohol. When I told my manager he was clearly over 21, he replied, "But what if he WASN'T?" FML
Today, on my first day of work, I got fired after 45 minutes. FML
Today, after working at my summer job for 3 weeks, I was informed that I was too young to work there. I had contacted them 3 months prior and had given them my birthdate multiple times. I had also attended a special training in their corporate HQ, which I drove 7 hours both ways to get to. FML
Today, I got fired from my job. When I asked why, all that was said to me was, "We don't have to disclose that information, but you did nothing wrong. It's just not working out." FML
Today, it was my first day on a £600 a week job. I was fired for being 10 minutes late. FML
Today, I was fired from my job because I, in my boss's words, "Abided by company policy to such an extent that customers were starting to hate me." FML
Today I was fired from my job. They fired me because they couldn't work around my college schedule. The only reason they hired me was because they were looking for college students and without a job I can't go back to school. FML
Today, I started to fill out a job application online, with age being one of the first things I put in. After half an hour and 40 questions, I hit submit. I was then told that I wasn't old enough to apply. FML
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Top comments
tylercarolinex 21
What kind of job isn't required to know your age?
Cads1 24
What company was it? Seems a little strange.
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Comments (114)
chaseafterwind82 29
Sounds like a useless outfit that couldn't find their own asses with a map and a team of guides to help them. You're better off out OP :-)
mtndoc 16
I had the same thing happen to me, when I was 17. I was working as a bank teller. They found out when they couldn't bond me. Hang in there 0P, it will get better.
EcoAirWarrior 7
Your employer is clearly either mentally deranged or unbelievably dim witted I'd write a complaint or report them for hypocritical policies.
Hop6e 22
Wth? That's the weirdest damn rule I've ever heard. What the heck?? Dude.
Lalala579121 28
Not sure which rule you mean. The not allowed to ask age thing is so that employers can't exclude potential employees just because of their age. Needing to be 21 is a requirement in places that sell alcohol, and possibly firearms though I'm not sure about the age restriction there.
sNOOBie_fml 24
Usually the date of birth would be written on the application, but I guess if OP showed up and got the job without bringing one, the age thing could slip..
pjsr 33
It is just as illegal in the USA to ask a person's age on the application or in an interview, as it is to ask a person's religion or nationality.
Miss_Whipped 43
Yeah, I think we get it now. Thanks.
MandieL 27
I've never had to write my birthdate on an application as employers can not legally ask you how old you are when applying/interviewing for a job. They can ask you if you are at least a certain age, based on certain restrictions such as serving alcohol, but it is illegal to ask for your specific age.
corky1992 33
every job I've ever applied to has asked for dob..
MandieL 27
HR can ask for your dob as a means of verifying who you are and needing it for tax purposes, but the employer can not legally ask you how old you are. If it is a company where HR is the employer and they fire you because of your age when they see it, you can file for wrongful dismissal based on discrimination. Asking your specific age, religion, marital/family status, sexual orientation, etc. all fall into the same category when applying/interviewing for a job. They are not allowed to ask. I know some do, I've been asked, but they aren't allowed to.
Scorpio1691 29
That is probably one of the strangest policies I've ever seen.
o76923 8
They can't ask your age because the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of age for people over age 40 (or suspicion of being over age 40 since suspicion of being in a protected class is also protected whether you are actually a member of that class or not). But they are allowed to discriminate against you based on your age if you are under 40. The company should've just asked if he was over 21 during the hiring process. But what they did is just weird, not illegal.
pjsr 33
To the many saying age should have been asked on the application or in the interview, the minimum age should have been stated clearly in the ad/job description, but it is just as illegal in the USA to ask a person's age on the application or in an interview, as it is to ask a person's religion or nationality, and carries the same type of fines.
clickme 17
That seems a bit strange. Usually a job app requests birthdate. And when you turn in an I9 there's certainly a birthdate on that.
graceinsheepwear 34
I've never been asked my birthdate. That can be a basis for age discrimination.
MandieL 27
When you fill out the forms for taxes, they need your dob to verify who you are. This should always be done after you have been hired, and in a larger company (one with an HR department), HR is the only entity entitled to this knowledge and it is not theirs to divulge to the employer. During the hiring process it is illegal to ask for a dob or an age in order to avoid discrimination.