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Article

12 Apr 2006

Author:
Mohamed M. Elbahi

[DOC] Letter raising concerns about incident at Schlumberger’s Libya office

Several months ago I went to the Schlumberger...branch office in Tripoli, Libya... I wanted to apply for [a] job, so I went to the 3rd floor of Tower No. 1 of the Date Elemad Complex in Tripoli...I asked if I could speak to the officer in charge of recruiting the Administrative Manager post. After a few minutes another young woman came to me and bluntly and quickly told me: “We do not hire old people.” I thanked her and left quietly but feeling of the insult and discrimination.