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)
clair_brodie 35
Their application CAN ask if you are 21 or older and that you must be 21 or older to have that job. THEY deserved it but now you. Unless it was a bar or something and it was common sense that you have to be 21.
saymynamess 19
More details plz..
GEFStryker 29
I don't know how it works down south, but here in Canada we have to fill out tax forms for employers, and it must include your name, D.O.B., and social insurance number (our version of America's social security number). No such law about asking for your birth date anywhere in Canada as far as I know.
Marti513 2
An employer cannot legally ask your age. They can ask if you meet the age requirement for employment at their company. All the ID, tax forms, DoB stuff comes after you are already hired.
Marti513 2
In the US, that is.
Lehk 9
you are completely wrong they can ask and they can discriminate if you are too young for them, they can't discriminate against people for being too old (over 40 is the legally protected class).
Marti513 2
According to both Business Insider and HR World, asking an applicant's age is off-limits, but "Are you over (min age requirement)" is fine. While over 40 is the protected class, companies have one application form that everyone fills out (any age), and asking the age on it is not allowed. Even asking when someone graduated high school or how long they'v been working (in general, not related experience questions) is borderline because you can figure out their age from that.
bnbhimp 10
Don't ask don't tell
missmisery86 11
if you knew the company policy was that you had to be 21 and you're 19, why would you apply to begin with? you must know that it couldnt end well
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Don't most employment applications have a birthdate section to fill out? They should have known your age from that. And I've never heard of an employer not being allowed to ask someone's age, especially if they have to be a certain age to even work there. O.o
tweak234 7
Technically in order to have even gotten the job, unless it's one of those weird ones where you work under the table and there is no proper hiring process, they would have required your date of birth and asked about your age.
ShyVi 18
Well some places can't hire illegal aliens but they also can't ask if you're here legally.
werdwerdus 11
sounds like "we have to pass this bill first to see what's in it" smh