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I wish him luck. I had a very humbling discussion with an employment attorney when I was dealing with some clearly illegal stuff going on at work and their advi

I wish him luck. I had a very humbling discussion with an employment attorney when I was dealing with some clearly illegal stuff going on at work and their advice was "First, people don't keep employed people who are suing them so ask yourself how much money you'll have at the end of the next two years if you just quit and work somewhere else, or spend $15K - $30K on a lawsuit that may or may not result in a severance package?" And then the kicker, "Then ask yourself what a hiring manager of a company you are applying to work at will feel when they find out you sued a previous employer?" It really is stacked against the worker here. That he is already retired is a good thing, one hopes there isn't a clause buried in his pension that cancels it if he ever sues IBM.

toomuchtodo 3y ago
The best people to file these claims are those near retirement who have much less to lose. Otherwise, the situation for workers remains…suboptimal in perpetuity. It is full of peril as you mention.
kshacker 3y ago
I think the amounts are big enough to warrant a lawsuit. He is retired. The program is for retirees so they have nothing to lose in terms of future employment. The article hints at annual damages being 15-20K per retiree, and mentions impact on 3000 people (without actually calling it so precisely), so if 60 M is the annual savings to IBM, it is a lot of money to find lawyers and arrive at a retired-employee friendly outcome.