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> it's now possible to fire people working for MIT (this wasn't particularly true prior to the end of the Cold War ... The Cold War ended 25 years ago, before

> it's now possible to fire people working for MIT (this wasn't particularly true prior to the end of the Cold War ... The Cold War ended 25 years ago, before current MIT undergrads and many grad students were born. Apparently firings weren't a problem during the prior reorganization: During IS&T’s last reorganization in 2010, 19 IS&T staff were laid off. While the number of “involuntary separations” during this restructuring was similar — 17 between February and August according to an IS&T document — many others also chose to resign or take an early retirement.

hga 11y ago
Sounds like those were layoffs, that's what they were described as, and of course those happened at MIT as circumstances demanded. I'm talking about outright firing for, example, no longer being able to do their job. Back then, such people were sidelined until they retired or otherwise left on their own accord, or at least that was the case in all examples I knew about.