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Originally Posted by Bruce's_Mom Now I feel this to some extent. However, in my capacity as a law clerk I have encountered a number of legal secretaries that treat me like I am 5 and absolutey refuse to do anything that I ask of them and I know that it is because of my age. I also know this will continue even once I get my bar card (btw my appeal is looking good), because I see how they treat young female attorneys...And here is how I see it in this situation:
(1) You are my subordinate employee, end of story you need to treat me as an equal.
(2) I have legal expertise, you have administrative expertise lets all use our own skills and work together as a team.
(3) If you have a problem that I manage you simply because you are older than me, perhaps you need not be in the workplace at all because it takes all sorts of folks to run an office.
(4) Regardless of how intelligent everyone is (because believe me some of the folks I would consider the old biddy type the original post was about are intelligent people) my education entitles me to practice law, yours does not and you have no business second guessing.
I think women are just more competitive with each other. But I resent comments that people should not necessarily get respect for their education. I busted my ass in the most emotionally trying, back breaking, type of schooling there is. I emerged from law school pretty warn down, with a sleep disorder, with serious stress issues, and battle scars a plenty, and having stuck it through instead of taking the easy road and giving up well I think that deserves a little respect and I can totally see where people going through the same thing are coming from! |
I can assure you, with that attitude you are going to have problems. And it has nothing to do with your age. It is because you are looking down on those people.
Just because your education is in a different field from theirs, does not mean that you are better, or more intelligent than they are.
I have a DIL with the same attitude as yours. She feels that because she has more education, that makes her smarter than her mother and me and therefore better than her mother and me. It doesn't. and until she learns that, she will never get along on the job or anywhere else.
See that is where the problem is, It's not because you are young or you look young it's because you
ACT young.
But I see this is something that you are going to have to figure out on your own. So good luck.
And just for the record. I wouldnot go back to being your age for anything in the world. Life is much more comfortable when you get older. I like where I am at.