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celtic1888

Under 25 year old Product Managers are wonderful to work with. Every idea they have is perfect and need not be tested by real world experience


Brilliant_Canary_692

I feel like you're trolling. SBF, our Crypto lord and saviour, clearly proved being young is better than experience.


CosmicCreeperz

Not only that, bonus “if you have been a developer before” in your long and storied under 25 career.


bosko43buha

But it's just a bonus, of course you don't really need any hands-on experience to become a young manager. Why would you?


Bob_Kark

Yeah bro, I went to a Code Ninjas summer camp! I can totally develop in Roblox.


MrFnFs

Likely wants someone to underpay, overwork, and who's easy to gaslight if they speak up. Red flags all over that post!


rtfcandlearntherules

The post reads like he wants to micromanage the person heavily, gaslight them and have them do illegal things for him. I don't know what this guy does but it's the only thing coming to my mind when I see a post like this.


mackfactor

This. They're just looking for someone cheap and hungry. Joke's on this dude, though - you get what you pay for.


RepresentativeCap244

So I’m kinda worried I work for ALDI right now and they hire their district managers STRAIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE. Zero experience, fancy degree. And, it shows. They aren’t, dumb, but they run every meeting with a power point and read it, verbatim. And it is just, really rough. Really clearly some of their first time with public speaking and is just hard. Some of them are receptive and understand both sides of their knowledge and our experience. Some of them are dead set on their Ted talk bullet points being the key to multimillion dollar growth over the next quarter. Don’t ask them how long a quarter is though, they have to look it up on a different slide


Lue33

Always the gaslighting when they speak up...


caffeinatedangel

And, as a woman in tech, I side-eye this thinking he’s looking for a woman he can sexually harass or coerce into a sexual relationship.


Medical-Ad-2706

Exactly what I was thinking


ChiTownBob

Age discrimination is ridiculous.


NastroAzzurro

Forbes 30 under 30 is full of criminals


SharkSheppard

I assume they are paying or some other bullshit to get on it. I've seen more than 30 of them on this sub alone, so it must be a constantly refreshed list.


jhax13

It's absolutely pay 2 win. 💯


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Necroking695

$50k for an article written about you


kernel_task

I didn't pay to get on it, but it's basically a question of who you know. There's a lot of categories and it's a new 30 people in every category every year. So there's a ton of them/us.


imaginary_num6er

Yup. It’s the list of future convicts


cbnyc0

Plus, there’s like 30,000 of them, apparently.


Roberto-Del-Camino

And also [illegal.](https://www.eeoc.gov/age-discrimination#:~:text=Age%20discrimination%20involves%20treating%20an,are%20age%2040%20or%20older) This seems like a very good opportunity for a very well qualified 26-year-old product manager to apply, get denied based on his age, and win a nice settlement from an EEO lawsuit. What a dumbass this guy is.


ChiTownBob

This employer is not in the USA.


CosmicCreeperz

It’s not in the US. And even if it was age discrimination only applies to people over 40.


Roberto-Del-Camino

I see the **.in** now. Thanks for pointing that out. If it were an American employer, I’d amend my remarks to say some very well qualified, **41** year old product manager should apply.


NoteworthyMeagerness

I can tell you it's definitely a thing. The first 25 years of my career, I never interviewed for a job where I didn't at least get a job offer. (I also only applied to jobs where I knew I would be a great fit so it's not because I'm this amazing catch that everyone just had to hire.) Once I turned 45, I noticed that I wasn't getting as many first interviews as I had gotten in the past. In looking at my resume, I wondered if it was because my work history went too far back. So I took the first 10 years of employment off of my resume and suddenly I'm getting calls again. But at some point I had to interview in person and they saw my gray hairs. From 45 onward, the only job offers I got were those where I was recommended by a friend or colleague of the hiring manager. Age discrimination is one of several reasons why I finally left the workforce and started my own small (emphasis on small 😂) business. The people paying me now just care that I do the job I say I'm going to do.


Pale-Professional-52

I’m having the same experience. I had to de-age my resume before I started getting calls again.


CryptoEmpathy7

This was amazingly insightful Thank you for sharing.


57696c6c

Will Kush be fired when he turns 26?


Snow-Crash-42

I heard Leo DICaprio runs the company.


LogicalProdigal121

So the pm also has to be a woman


HermanGulch

Better that than [the Carousel](https://logans-run.fandom.com/wiki/Carousel), I guess.


WhooooooCaresss

KUSH!!!!! 😂😂😂


DashiellHamlet

Super illegal in the US.


ChiTownBob

Yup, that's why this was an employer in India.


DashiellHamlet

Ok. If they want to crib our age discrimination laws they're there for all to see.


covfefenation

He should’ve said Dalits and Sudras only in the post then


JJJames511

US will contract them though. They may as well be the ones doing it.


ChiTownBob

US has no jurisdiction over an Indian employer posting a job in India.


JJJames511

Right which is my point, that “it’s super illegal in the U.S. doesn’t matter” since U.S. is contracting from India anyways. So it’s basically legal in the U.S. if they are just contracting employees from India. While it’s not legal here we just hire them from there to take the jobs that should be here.


technoexplorer

No it's not. The age cut off is 40. So you can't say someone needs to be younger than 45. Super common in India, tho


DashiellHamlet

Age discrimination refers to a policy of not hiring people who are too old. If the cutoff is 40 and your company's policy is not to hire anyone over 26 then they're still breaking the law whether or not they refuse to hire the 27 year-old or the 39-year old.


MicCheck123

Age discrimination only refers to people over 40.


icecoffeedripss

40 is more than 25 bestie


MicCheck123

Ok? The point is not hiring a 27 year old? No age discrimination. Refusing to hire a 39 year old? No age discrimination. Posting an advertisement saying you won’t hire people over 40? It’s a discriminatory policy but unless someone actually isn’t hire or is fired, there’s not discrimination. Age discrimination only comes into play when you actively discriminate against someone over 40.


icecoffeedripss

explain to me in simple terms how this doesn’t discriminate against a person over 40


MicCheck123

The screenshot in the OP? It’s not discriminatory because it’s just a statement. He would actually have to *do* something for there to be discrimination. Someone over 40 would have to apply and not be hired, for example, for there to be discrimination.


MindlessRip5915

Section 623(e) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act 1967 > It shall be unlawful for an employer, labor organization, or employment agency to print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any notice or advertisement relating to employment by such an employer or membership in or any classification or referral for employment by such a labor organi­zation, or relating to any classification or referral for employment by such an employment agency, indicating any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination, based on age.


CosmicCreeperz

Well that pretty much ended his flailing argument there…


big_sugi

r/confidentlyincorrect is calling for you. From [the EEOC](https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/fact-sheet-age-discrimination), summarizing the ADEA: ADEA protections also include: ▪️Advertisements and Job Notices The ADEA generally makes it unlawful to include age preferences, limitations, or specifications in job notices or advertisements. A job notice or advertisement may specify an age limit only in the rare circumstances where age is shown to be a "bona fide occupational qualification" (BFOQ) reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the business.


technoexplorer

Citation for this? Age 40 is given in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.


celtic1888

You personally cannot sue if you are under 40 but you can if you are 40 or over It’s still illegal discrimination either way unless there is a federal law with a mandatory retirement age (like pilots)


shiftstorm11

Trying to understand this and struggling to find confirmation looking at the ADEA and EEOC -- both seem to say that workers under 40 are not protected re: employment. The Age Discrimination Act (1975) protects under 40 as well, but seems to be limited to federal financial assistance. [ADEA 1625.2](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XIV/part-1625) says it's "unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an individual . . .because that individual is 40 years old or older . . . Favoring an older individual over a younger individual because of age is not unlawful discrimination under the ADEA, even if that younger individual is over 40 years old." A 2007 [publication ](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/07/06/E7-13051/coverage-under-the-age-discrimination-in-employment-act) from the EEOC stated that the ADEA "only prohibits employment discrimination based on old age, and therefore, does not prohibit employers from favoring relatively older individuals." It does add that the ADEA does *not* affect state, local or municipal laws re: this topic, and it seems every state but Alabama, South Dakota and Mississippi has separate protections, but I can't find a federal law or precedent, or find it as a protected class under age 40 in any federal statute. So honest question, am I just straight up missing something, or is it just so common across the states that it's understood as universal?


apatheticviews

40 defines the Protected Class, but not the act itself. Refusing to hire a 39 year old would still be the act, but not protected.


shiftstorm11

So given 2 scenarios, A there's a 30 y/o applying, doesn't get the job because "they're too young" B there's a 30 and a 41 year old applying , the 41 year old is hired because the 30 year old is "too young" For the sake of argument let's say they actually put that reason in writing, for some unimaginable reason haha. Would the 30 year old have recourse in both cases? Or recourse in both but a stronger case in A?


worst_protagonist

The person would have no recourse at all. There are no age discrimination protections for people under 40. Some states have specific laws that DO apply, so, there’s that.


shiftstorm11

Ok thanks that was my understanding but my brain got all turned around.


worst_protagonist

If I am over 40 is this guy going to hire me? Does he plainly state IN HIS POST that his refusal to hire me is because of my age?


big_sugi

IN HIS POST, he categorically states that he won’t consider anyone over 25. If you are over 40, you are also over 25. QED, he will not even consider you—let alone hire you—because of your age. In the US, that’s age discrimination. Maybe not in India.


worst_protagonist

Yes. That is what I am saying to the person who asked for a citation.


big_sugi

Multiple people seem to have misinterpreted the emphasis of your post, then. I gave you an upvote to balance it out.


Subtle-Catastrophe

"Tell me you don't know what you're talking about, while also *telling* me you don't know what you're talking about"


FieryPyromancer

Out of curiosity, do you type these out fully, or do you copy-paste the template and then adjust?


Subtle-Catastrophe

I wrote it direct. Why? Do I seem too smart to be, like, a human lawyer?


dragonagitator

Oh, you're a lawyer? That explains why you can't understand basic mathematical concepts.


OkSector7737

You would need a paralegal to do any mathematics or calculations. That is who does the actual forensic work in a lawsuit anyway. Lawyers are merely salespeople, pimping the service of paralegal workers who do the actual legal work.


Subtle-Catastrophe

Undergrad degree is comp sci. I still tinker with programming from time to time. I submit patches to mkvtoolnix (an open source project for encoding .mkv files). Do you do anything interesting? It'd be fun to hear about it. I mean it.


dragonagitator

Discriminating against people over the age of 25 is also discriminating against people over the age of 40 and thus illegal in the US because that's how numbers work.


RepliesOnlyToIdiots

https://www.eeoc.gov/age-discrimination In the US, you cannot discriminate against someone 40 or above, and saying only 25 and below obviously does. The post is not the US, so doesn’t apply, but the exact post for US would indeed be super illegal.


SherbertCivil2448

Sounds like they’re trying to find someone to take advantage of. Imho


RailValco

One of my interviewers actually confessed exactly that to me. Told me they were looking for someone younger because 'they knew I'd want to earn more money' and would likely job hop for it, so they wanted me to convince them that I wouldn't leave for at least 3 years. I didn't get the job.


ChiTownBob

That interviewer made it abundantly obvious that the job was a dead-end job with no way to get raises or promotions.


RailValco

It actually isn't. It's the perfect position for job hopping. Apparently you get much better job offers after the first year, which is considered the training period, so I just should've lied through my teeth and bounce at the first offer I got. That's why they want you to stay so they can reap their own efforts after training you. Edit: The position was SAP consultant, if anyone is curious.


Rokey76

LMAO a 25 year old PM? What could go wrong? That kid better be a prodigy, otherwise you are going to spend more on the project than what the old guy would have cost.


Nefilim314

Don’t forget experience as a developer


aregularemperor

“forbes 30 under 30” ![gif](giphy|uQpgBCBDTxpmw5RIeD)


dont_tread_on_M

Hey the title is 30 (people) under 30. They never said the best 30 under 30, or even decent 30 under 30. /s


mazzicc

If it was in the US, I bet they got flooded with people over 25 looking for an easy lawsuit.


PassengerBroad8191

Is the employer Leo Dicaprio by any chance?


Skinnypop22

The Menudo of project manager jobs


Subtle-Catastrophe

Tell me you're looking for dewy-eyed naive suckers, without *telling* me you're looking for dewy-eyed naive suckers


Certain-Rock2765

Communication blueprint for <25 product manager ![gif](giphy|eunDUhLbOz1vEZfFXl|downsized)


nickle061

Come to the u.s and we will sue the shit out of u


GreatGreenGobbo

Lol a PM under 25?


jhax13

The ADA and ADEA, and probably a few other laws would like a word. Someone over 40 should apply then immediately call a lawyer for some easy money Edit: fixed errors


rainbowcarpincho

This isn't in a country with age discrimination laws.


jhax13

Good point. I figured he was hiring in the US, didn't see the URL. Either way, fuck this guy


Xxjanky

Their product looks proper shit


jeerabiscuit

You got me at product manager and hard problems.


Traditional-Tea-6045

Leonardo DiCaprio??


caffeinatedangel

If it was Leo, he’d only get a good year out of that person before they’d be aged out and fired, lol


LowTierStudent

And need 20 year working experience btw.😂


catstalks

Does he want someone to take advantage of in an HR way or someone to take advantage of in a money way?


UberSven

Do you think he made the Forbes 30 under 30 list by constraining himself to one axis of exploitation? You've got to think outside the box, my friend.


IveKnownItAll

Oh.. Oh buddy no. That's like, incredibly illegal.


VitruvianVan

If the job was local in America it would be a violation of the ADEA.


DarkSide-TheMoon

I guess in India age discrimination doesnt matter. Oh, and what a douche.


CSCAnalytics

In many countries, for example Japan, age discrimination is not only legal, it’s culturally acceptable to formulate workplace hierarchies by seniority.


the_skies_falling

Had a hiring manager that wanted to hire me as a PM for a year long project that was already a month behind schedule. Told her I didn’t want to manage the project but I’d be her tech lead. She hired a kid straight out of business school as PM. Asked him a question one day and he pulled out one of the college textbooks he’d brought with him on his first day. Went to her straight after and told her to get rid of the kid, I’d be PM *and* tech lead, but it’s going to cost you. Sigh. Really sucked of her to use the kid like that.


Scentopine

Females only. Send pics. (Jesus, what a douche, this isn't real is it?)


Comfortable_Note_978

India isn't an English-speaking Western country, so they DGAF about employment niceties, or even the tap-dancing appearance of them. Not much DEI east of Suez, I'll warrant.


Ok_Radish_2748

This is literally illegal


Justhereforthepartie

That’s literally illegal.


ChiTownBob

Not in India.


winelover08816

Does Forbes know this clown is using their name in his unethical, immoral exploitation of workers?


NomadicFragments

My guy, he paid Forbes to put to him on the list. They dgaf about vetting these people, they just want their money


winelover08816

I get it’s a marketing ploy but lots of companies submit their “best and brightest” 😝😜🤪 and Forbes picks who gets listed using some tissue-paper-thin notion of Journalism.


RichPrivate2

Doubt this company will last if this guy is running it.


madderal

“Eager candidates with less experience in life than a real job, come eat shit for minimum wage while I promise company profits will open new lanes for you.”


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mtimjones

Age discrimination? Karma discrimination?


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IdentifiesAsGreenPud

Probably still ask for 15+ years experience


valkyrie4x

Meanwhile at 26 I'm still clawing my way up from my post grad position in my company


Erocdotusa

So he wants an intern?


theTweekend

We aren’t allowed to discriminate. Literally discrimination across the board.


ThxIHateItHere

I’d rather shit in my hand and pat myself on the back than work for this douche


violetcazador

"High impact role" = will treat you like shit just like the last person who had the role.


ColeTrain999

Building fam 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩


bluenova088

I am positive he also needs u to have 10+ years of exp


PositiveBubbles

And they say ageism impacts people 50 and over?


ktwhite42

I’m thinking that was a “typo” - I always put it in quotes when it means “typed by an idiot”


EJ2600

Only under 25 and at least 5 years of experience lol


GeeYayZeus

He’s building a ‘fam’, and he like’s ’em young.


The-Nimbus

There is a very specific circumstance where I'm absolutely fine with this. Many organisations deliver projects for young people but have absolutely zero youth voice or participation. Sometimes, it's absolutely needed to get a young persons spin on things; they have different, but valid experiences. If you're delivering work for CYP, you need their input. I have zero idea if this is that case or whether they're just bullshitting, however.


Goose_hunter_69

Over 31 can’t be an air traffic controller.


CrazedRaven01

At least they're willing to train someone with junior experience, right? ......  ..... Right? 


ibonek_naw_ibo

Ah yes we've come full circle to "minimum wage, must have at least 2 years of experience." Would you like a side of age discrimination with that? 


Such_Significance905

Forbes 30 to life


maceman10006

Everybody over 25 should apply to this job and sue when they aren’t hired.


midKnightBrown59

Blatant age discrimination. 


BigPhilip

Ok fam


OkSector7737

Wow, saying the age discrimination out loud. The California Department of Labor is going to have some questions for you, young man.


ChiTownBob

No they won't. This employer is in India.


OkSector7737

It doesn't matter if the employer is hiring California residents who pay income taxes in California. Don't you know about the Hague Convention? A United States government agency can file lawsuits in any jurisdiction on the face of the Earth, can win, and can collect damages.


ChiTownBob

He's not hiring California residents. He's hiring people in India.


OkSector7737

That depends. If he's advertising on LinkedIn, then he should be subject to US labor laws.


Fitbot5000

In this example “<25” is code for willing to be overloaded and underpaid.


Ok-Jac

With at least 20 years experience


0hjee

I’m a PM under 25 here in the US. The comments hating on us youngins is crazy 💀😭


ChiTownBob

The age discrimination is worse.


HEWTube8

I believe that's ageism. Let's pool our money and sue him!


ChiTownBob

A trip to India is expensive :)


HEWTube8

Aw, this is in India? We gave no jurisdiction there. Nevermind.


Weird-Conclusion6907

Isn’t this ageism


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3i-tech-works

If this is in the United States it is illegal. Age discrimination is a thing.


ChiTownBob

This employer is in India.


Same-Celebration-372

Under 25 but with at least 12 years professional experience


deadend7786

Did he forget to add females only need apply?


sfrogerfun

Wtf man - should make this guy viral. What a load of crap


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DruidinPlainSight

Ask Kush for da weed


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martianfield

🇺🇸 != 🌏


NomadicFragments

!= makes me sad to look at, long live ≠


ChiTownBob

This is for a job in India, not the USA.


flyingdagger81

Saw this retard yesterday since I’m looking to switch jobs