Re:Show HN: Hire an Oldster
by azeirah on Friday December 16, 2016 @12:42PM
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I attended a lecture last week, older people were one of the topics that got touched. Instead of having old employees teaching the younger, he told a story of a business requiring old people to receive fresh young employees as their mentor.
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I'd like to hear more. What are the benefits of this arrangement? Is it merely an organizational statement that over-30's are worth less and need remedial training? What was the rationale? What was the group discussion like? What do you think about it?
There's not much more, it was a very general lecture touching on many topics, it was merely an anecdote.
Is it merely an organizational statement that over-30's are worth less and need remedial training?
No that was not the point.
The point is that new employees, students, practically live in a different world that older employees. The point of the system was that students would teach older employees how to operate within this "new world". It's an approach to make sure that older employees don't get stuck in their ways of thinking.
Interesting, thanks. A mentor is a senior, more experienced person who assists the development of a junior person with advice and guidance. This seems to be something else, more of a cultural integration idea.
What kind of organization is it (what's the business).