Former ABC staffer’s scathing resignation email revealed

A former employee of the ABC let loose in a resignation email that made damning accusations about the broadcaster’s attitude towards millennials.

A letter of resignation from an outgoing ABC employee has alleged the company favoured Boomer workers and made it near impossible for millennials to afford to live.

The departing Radio National staffer, according to The Age, criticised what they described the “demographic lottery” at the national broadcaster.

In the email, the former staff member accused the company of paying mature-aged workers $20,000 to $30,000 more simply because they had won the “demographic lottery”.

“I used to laugh ironically to myself when feminist colleagues spoke about the glass ceiling for women,” the email, according to The Age, read.

“At RN there was a f***ing cement ceiling for anyone born after 1972.”

The employee also claimed junior workers shouldn’t hold out hope for rising up the pay ranks.

A former ABC employee has not held back in their resignation email. Picture: Saeed KHAN/ AFP

“You might be an EP (executive producer) now, but unless you are independently wealthy, you need to set a timeline to leave … Not because you hate the work or your colleagues but because you can no longer have a financially stable life in an eastern Australian city on ABC wages.”

The employee reportedly wanted management to see their email, however ABC responded with, “no comment”, when approached by news.com.au.

Chair of the ABC’s board Ita Buttrose late last year shut down accusations the company didn’t foster the development of young employees.

“I don’t think the ABC could be accused of not giving younger talent opportunities,” she said on the RN Breakfast program in an interview on Ageism Awareness Day.

In further hitting back at the unflattering accusation, she claimed the network had many millennials on its books.

“A lot of our comedy shows are hosted by wonderfully young people”, she said, however fell short of naming any.

ABC’s current slate of experienced talent is a far cry from the days when it took on the likes of Wil Anderson as a host at 27, and the The Chaser crew while in their mid-20s.