Over 50. Somehow always in the "at risk" pool.

I've been at BT for twenty-two years. I'm over fifty. I have been in three separate "at risk" consultation rounds in the past four years, and each time I have survived — so far — but the pattern is hard to ignore. The selection criteria are never fully disclosed. They're "commercially sensitive." When I asked my union rep whether age could be a factor, she said it legally couldn't be but that it was difficult to establish without access to the selection methodology. Colleagues at the same grade with similar performance profiles who are younger don't seem to end up in consultation. I know I can't prove anything. I also know what I see. I have twelve years until I'd like to retire. I do not know how many I have left here.