(09-17-2023, 06:01 PM)Snarl Wrote:(09-17-2023, 02:35 PM)Infolurker Wrote: Age discrimination is REAL.
I get paid what I'm worth (these days). One should only get paid the fair sum of what they're able to produce where labor is involved. It's sometimes the magic of nature which dictates thought.
Knowing from experience that the older you get the slower I go means I don't consider that discrimination at all. It just is. And ... that's why we retire from the rat race. It does seem to me that smarter people retire better. And, folks like me just keep on keeping on.
I worked at a metal fabricator over a decade ago that still did piece-work. The amount of parts you made over the hourly rate was placed towards a bonus you got at the end of the year. I loved that. I could make more than people who'd been there 30 years, all I had to do was bust my ass. I ended up leaving that place though, because the management liked to micromanage.
The place I'm at now doesn't do a piece-work bonus, but their bonus is still far larger than any I got at the other place. Everyone gets the same bonus though. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Yeah, we're all on the same team, but some work harder than others. I can't help but wonder why the shop shit-talker, who spends a quarter of his day bullshitting and shit-talking, gets the same bonus I do. Those types, I take issue with. Others, those who've been there 30 years and have slowed down due to age, I don't mind at all. What they lack in speed, they make up for with experience.
As far as social security goes, I came to peace long ago with the fact that I'll be working until I die. I've never felt long for this world anyway
