I’m 25 and have had my AOL email since before I was born, set up by my parents. In the late 90’s and early 00’s every now and then they would send a few photos to it perhaps with an accompanying story of anything that they’d want me to remember. I then used it as my main email and have continued to till this day.
During a job interview today I was told I was great fit but they weren’t sure about my email address!
Apparently they can tell a lot about a person just from the fact they have an AOL email address in 2023.
Has anyone else had something similar, is it actually a big deal?
Do whatever you want with your email.
I can tell a lot about an employer who makes comments like that. Find a different employer.
thats wild, I thought only boomers and above held onto those…how old are your parents?
thats wild, I thought only boomers and above held onto those…how old are your parents?
My AOL email is tied to my playstation stuff so I keep it alive. Untold amounts of spam clog an inbox I rarely check.
My AOL email is tied to my playstation stuff so I keep it alive. Untold amounts of spam clog an inbox I rarely check.
what about Apple/icloud accounts? Do people take those seriously?
Any workplace that discriminates against you for having an AOL address in 2023? NOT A PLACE YOU WANT TO WORK.
Not even if you’re sleeping in gutters getting all your vitamins from a baggie labeled “fentanyl”.
That you’re 25 with an AOL address makes you quirky. And yes, there were probably times in the 90s and 00s where that AOL was a sinker on a job app for someone in their 50s trying for a tech role… but just, no. Not anymore.
Seriously, name and shame this place. What asshats are not hiring people over their email’s domain name???
Tell the job the same story you told us. They may make an exception.
Is it the @AOL or is your email something like donkeycock69buttstuff? I worked at a place that wouldn’t hire a guy because, even though he had great qualifications, his email was literally sexystud69@whatever. It made him look childish and the committee wanted someone more mature.
Another story: When I first got an iPhone back in the 2010s, my nephew and I told Siri to change my name to Ramona Dirtysquirts. Fast forward and few years to when I was having trouble getting a job, and I went back to my old “reach out” emails, amd even though the address was a variant of my name, Siri automatically signed all those emails as Ramona Dirtysquirts. I had a job within a year of fixing that problem.
Tell them to go sux a dix. Tell them assholes judging people by their email address is not someone you’d want to work for.
I wouldn’t give it out. I have a joke email address from them but that’s just just for fun, not for job applications.
I made my email back in the early 00s, and I couldn’t think of any names so I just gave you and made it “ihaveapc” @. So I feel judged, some people find it funny some think it’s stupid but that is why I use a different email for work/serious stuff.
I thought everyone under 50 used gmail 🤷, you should switch
I keep my AOL account and give it out whenever stores ask me for one. Sometimes the cashier will comment, “Wow I haven’t seen anyone use that in years!” to which I respond, “Me too, that’s where have people send all their junk mail that I don’t read” and that shuts them up.
That said, as a tech person, I just register my own domain and use that. It feels more professional to me.
Everyone probably assumes you are much older than 25…