Seriously, why keep a dog and bark yourself? Would you pay someone to give their advice and then completely ignore it?

That’s exactly what the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce did. They employed someone, weren’t happy with his performance and made him redundant. Against all advice from their HR department, they created more than one draft of the person specification for this person’s replacement using the word “younger”. As in we are seeking a “younger entrepreneurial profile”.

Honestly, there’s just no helping some people. I’m sure they wondered why they were taken to Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) for age discrimination. In fact, they tried to cover it up saying that actually, they didn’t mean younger. Of course they didn’t. What they really meant to say was less senior and therefore less expensive. Yeah right.

Not sure what’s going on this week – blogging subjects coming out of my ears at the moment! Perhaps I’m just feeling particularly receptive to information and news updates floating around or maybe it’s to do with my newfound social media addiction! Either way, subjects to blog about abound.