Despite working for the multi-million dollar company for more than 20-years and being recognised as a “successful employee”, Baby Boomer Jonathan Langley claims he was dumped from his job with IBM purely because of his age.

The 60-year-old, from Austin, Texas, USA, is suing the global computer manufacturers for age discrimination, alleging he was forced out of his job in June last year because he was not a “hip millennial”.

Langley, who had worked for IBM since 1993, has filed a legal claim against his former employee, which alleges that “had Mr. Langley been younger”, he would not have been fired from his role.

The claim, published by The Register, reads: “Had Mr Langley been younger, and especially if he had been a millennial, IBM would not have fired him. Mr Langley’s age was a motivating factor in his selection for termination.”