John Johnson (62) works as an engineer at Elon Musk’s SpaceX. In a post published by him on a blog, he expressed his frustration about his career journey. That is, in the year 2018, at the age of 58, SpaceX hired me for my deep expertise in optical engineering. Experience in this field will play a vital role in carrying out different tasks like sending and receiving satellite images from space to Earth.
In this case, I have spent long days at work in my life. I spent 7 days a week at Space X, day and night. I took all necessary efforts to complete the work. And I worked 10 to 12 hours daily. As far as I know, there is no one in the company who has worked more than me. I have traveled to various places for work. The situation changed when I had surgery last year 2020. That is, they assumed that I would die or retire and handed over my duties to a younger employee with less experience and expertise.
Then I went to HR department and complained about the age discrepancy. But he doesn’t have any of your technical jobs at SpaceX because business practices have changed, he said. However, the owner of the company promised me another new job. But that task did not suit me. So he posted that I resigned from the company last July.