Breaking the Ice

Hello,

and thank you for your invitation to blog for the O.W.L. project.
I personally find this project very interesting. It's a fact that
Europe's population is getting older. How will this affect us?
I'm working in a company where over 30 % of workers are over 45 years
old. For me and also for the rest of us it's a pleasure that
management has shown appreciation of the value that an older worker
brings to the workplace. Age-awareness training is being given human
resource personnel, managers and other key staff. We have received
some improvements for us here at my workplace; flexible hours and
career leave, for example.

Another issue that I'm interested in is how attitudes toward ageing
and older people are changing. I would be happy to interact with other
people who represent the target group of this project and ask you, how
do you feel about being an older worker and what kind of contributions
are done at your workplace? Comments from the project personnel are
also very welcomed.

I would like to start changing the attitudes by saying that we are
"experienced workers" rather than older workers.