The 24-year-old girl was fired by the company because she was too old

Follow SCMP, at least 5 employees were rejected or fired by this company due to age. He, undergrad, is one of these.

Unicom told He that her hiring violated the company’s internal rules, which stipulate that undergraduates hired through universities must be under the age of 24.

Previously, He signed a working agreement with Unicom’s Heyuan branch (Guangdong province) during the company’s recruitment at the university last year.

The company conducted a background check on He and said that she was fully qualified before completing the application procedures. But now, He is very confused when Unicom suddenly terminated the contract.

The company fired a 24-year-old employee because of age discrimination regulations.

“Unicom took advantage of us as recent college graduates. I was born in February 1998 and will graduate soon. But both the fall and spring recruitment periods are over and now it’s very difficult. to find a new job”.

When He asked to see the recruitment background check documents, Unicom refused, claiming that these were confidential internal records.

It is not clear whether He will receive compensation when the company violates the contract or not. However, she did not care about this either.

“It is important that they take advantage and insult us, who have refused other companies to come to Unicom to work”He said.

China’s job market is becoming increasingly competitive as the number of graduates rises to a record.

The story caused a wave of criticism about the infamous age discrimination in her workplace China.

“What’s wrong with being 24? What about graduating at that age? How can the company be so ridiculous”one person commented.

Another said: “The age discrimination is not only for U40, now it has been lowered to 24-25 years old.”

Age discrimination is a big problem in China, even though the country is facing a shrinking working-age population (19-59 years old).

Earlier this year, China’s Bureau of Statistics released a report showing that there are 882 million people of working age, down from 894 million in 2021.

In the country of billions of people, the retirement age for men is 60, for women it is 50-55. In an effort to reverse the trend of declining working population, the Chinese government has initiated the three-child policy and plans to raise the official retirement age in 2021.

According to Zing