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Hi, I am an older worker and proofing is not my strong suit but I try to compensate by using spelling and grammer check, plus I send certain documents to our legal department for review.

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Hi, I am an older worker and proofing is not my strong suit but I try to compensate by using spelling and grammer check, plus I send certain documents to our legal department for review. So, I put the wrong date on a internal document, which was checked by the legal dept., so I sent it to the committee. The boss emailed me to make the date change, which I did. Then she mention that it might be time to retire with a thinking emoji. Is this legal? I think it is bad taste, but I do so many many good things. I do not understand the retirement comment because the date was a day off. FYI, I did not reply since I had to leave for an appointment, but I was not happy about the comment. Do you have any thoughts? ( I do plan on retiring soon but no one else has been trained on my job even though I ask to train).

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  1. Anonymous

    This is a ageism & micro aggression - screen shot the email or send it to your personal email. Better to document = remember companies have no loyalty to you

  2. Laurel TW

    It is already in my email. Did I mention this person is the Director of HR and will be retiring soon?

  3. Anonymous

    Before you retire take a two week vacation and put your notice in the day before

    And of course thank your boss for the idea!

  4. Anonymous

    Plan your exit soon and give your boss your final day. Before you do, as another poster mentioned, take 2 weeks off, then return for 1 week, provide all info they will need and leave. It was def an ageist remark and uncalled for. Enjoy your much deserved retirement but you can continue working, elsewhere. Good luck to you and keep us posted!

  5. Cindy Glover

    Ummmm

    Does she know you’re human??

  6. Anonymous

    I would send a confused emoji with a comment "are you trying to get rid of me?" Lol

  7. Jen Moore

    Rude person just don’t answer

  8. Tami L Cannizzaro

    First - rude and uncalled for. Second - no need to take action (retire) until you are good and ready. If it were me, I would ignore the remark while reminding myself that it's up to me to ensure there are NO mistakes. My experience having legal review my documents is that legal reviews only for legalities - does my document and the information included meet any/all legal requirements? They are not good at "true" proofreading. And as owner of the project, it was up to me to make sure that the final document was correct, no matter how many others reviewed it.

  9. Laurel TW

    Thanks, funny I was a paralegal for 15 years, but we reviewed everything but you are most likely correct. FYI, the comments was from the director of HR which is why I found it so off putting.

  10. anon3796

    Bide your time and retire. Do not worry about this or let it get to you. Your boss should not have done it and may have been joking. Review your work prior to sending it out. You are responsible for correcting your mistakes, not someone else. Focus on what you need to improve and do not worry about side comments.

  11. Laurel TW

    Hi, I own it is my mistake, however, I think the comment about retirement was uncallled for.

  12. Anonymous

    I prepare documents for committees too. And while I have many explanations that can sound like an excuse to a person who does not understand the nature of committee work, I have learned to accept that I or legal, or my boss, or another document provider will occasionally make an error. And I will not be able to catch every error, every time.

    First, I would obviously do everything in my power to prevent errors but it sounds like you are already doing that. Second, I would talk through error correction process with your boss. Once the process is in place, there are no emotion attached to "what do I do now? how do I fix it?". You will know and your boss will know what to do if error is discovered. Having a process will also help with normalizing occasional errors.

    In my experience, Legal is very good at proofreading. Most of the errors I missed over many years of committee management were caught by legal or by myself when reviewing the documents in a different atmosphere. The rush and multitasking of committee management is not suitable for proofreading.

    As for the ageists joke, there were a couple of good suggestions for how to respond to it. I would respond in person to your boss, and in the same meeting I would propose the process for handling errors. I would also forward bosses e-mail to my personal e-mail just in case they were not joking. You would want to hold on to the evidence of ageism. It's not about any lawsuits or big conflicts. It is about knowing your own boundaries and having evidence if you ever need to negotiate your retirement or your severance.

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