There was an article online this morning about a woman who’s narrowly avoided jail for attacking a restaurant worker. Her job title is described as senior negotiator (for an estate agent). She is 22 years old. At work a lot if my customers’ titles (in their emails) are senior [insert job title]. A lot, if not most, of these workers are in their early twenties. It got me thinking that it really doesn’t take much to get a “senior” title. They are not professions where they will have done years of studying, just a bit of training.
AIBU to think the word senior is banded about very freely and doesn’t give young people much to strive towards? I know it’s up to the company to give them whatever title they like but a lot of them don’t have a lot of experience or knowledge both in terms of life or work. I wonder if their pay reflects their “senior” status.