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It is not uncommon to see a situation whereby all of the employees of a particular organisation or a company are usually older than the person who is heading that company.
Some company owners and ceos even go the extent of making sure that nobody who is older than them would be employed in the organisation no matter how skilled or knowledgeable the person is .
Most especially in some third world countries where such things like, respect for the old and other cultural beliefs are usually common , and it is then a struggle to be able to effectively handle people who are older than you in an organisation .
It is not very easy for you to quickly query them for any wrong that they have done or if they are defaulting in any aspect .
Though there are some people who do not really care about age differences, and will definitely be strict with anybody no matter how old the person is .
Finding myself in a situation like this, I will try as much as possible to make the rules and regulation very clear to the employees , and make it obvious to them that if they are not comfortable with it they could leave , because I wouldn't tolerate any wrong done simply because somebody is older than me.
What would you do if you found yourself in this situation?
Some company owners and ceos even go the extent of making sure that nobody who is older than them would be employed in the organisation no matter how skilled or knowledgeable the person is .
Most especially in some third world countries where such things like, respect for the old and other cultural beliefs are usually common , and it is then a struggle to be able to effectively handle people who are older than you in an organisation .
It is not very easy for you to quickly query them for any wrong that they have done or if they are defaulting in any aspect .
Though there are some people who do not really care about age differences, and will definitely be strict with anybody no matter how old the person is .
Finding myself in a situation like this, I will try as much as possible to make the rules and regulation very clear to the employees , and make it obvious to them that if they are not comfortable with it they could leave , because I wouldn't tolerate any wrong done simply because somebody is older than me.
What would you do if you found yourself in this situation?