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If it happens, I wish they would publish the aggregate stats on the age of employees laid off versus the age of employees not laid off. I remember my dad was l
by clamprecht 12y ago
If it happens, I wish they would publish the aggregate stats on the age of employees laid off versus the age of employees not laid off. I remember my dad was laid off from IBM after like 25 or 30 years of service, just before he got full retirement benefits. He's fine, not eating cat food or anything, but I'd really like to see those stats.
- acomjean 12y agoLayoffs are generally never easy. When my friends project got cancelled as conexant, they gave everyone a list of the ages of everyone being let go, likely to avoid an age discrimination suit. Even if they didn't make it public, one bets they look at age if to just avoid a reason for a lawsuit.
- jlarocco 12y agoI was laid off once, and got a similar thing - a couple printed pages listing everybody's age and sex. It's shitty, but I'm sure a company as big as IBM will make sure they're ass is covered.
- Coffeewine 12y agoI was laid off by IBM in 2013, I can confirm that they handed out exactly such a thing.