Re: Should age be a factor in a promotion?
This got me thinking about something i found out yesterday.
As some people here know i left Blockbuster (I was a Store Manager) and went to Sears to become an Assistant Store Manager (They pay alot better, better hours etc.) I applied for Operations Manager which is basically Inventory, LP, Paperwork etc. you know actual Operations. This older guy also applied from Blockbuster. He wanted to be the Appliances Manager. In the end i got the job he wanted (Brand Central which is basically all the Hardlines outside of Tools) and he got Operations. I found this odd as even though he was a Store Manager for Blockbuster as well, my store was MUCH more profitable and generally ran much better in the companies numbers. I wonder if they gave him the slightly better job due to age? Perhaps it was the 30 other years of experience? I don't know, but i found it be odd.
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