Agism

Saturday met up with my friend in Bangsar and we had a few beers and had a bitching session. She too is a Beauty Therapist working in that thankless profession, longer then I have been.

She just started a new job and the pay is crap, much too low for her number of years working. The Beauty Industry in Malaysia is basically dominated by the Chinese and the young. When you get to our age its more difficult to get a job especially as a therapist. At our ages we don't want to be therapists, we should be managing, but because we don't speak Mandarin or Cantonese it still makes it difficult to find work. My friend is Punjabi. So she has to settle for crappy jobs with crappy pay.

It's sad really, because if you hire an older person with experience and pay us well, you get a staff that won't run off after a few months because something better has come along, you get a wealth of experience and someone who will treat your business like their own, ensuring that your business runs smoothly and efficiently. Instead you all prefer hire the young ones who will run off as soon as they have gained experience.