So, my manager (37M) and I (31F) are looking to hire a coordinator to help us with the admin work in our department. HR sent us a bunch of CVs to look at and choose from.
My manager told me to start with only keeping girls who are between the age of 20 – 24 and discard the rest.
- His reason for female: because females are less likely to jump to a better job opportunity.
- His reason for age: because they have more job stability and won't leave in a year.
I told him that I don't agree with that. On one hand, you can find people in their 20s jumping from one job to the other in less than a year, and you can find someone in their 40s or even 60s who are happy enough staying in the same position for years to come. I told him that it all depends on their attitude and what their plans are for the next few years, it has nothing to do with their age or gender. I also told him I think it's discrimination to do so.
He got really offended and told me it's not discrimination, and that he doesn't need me to teach him about discrimination.
Am I on the wrong here?