In the last several rounds, most of the people let go were in their 50s and 60s. The most experienced people. How is this allowed?
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@g5 Pensions are still in play for people who were hired 20 yrs ago. Few and far between left.
I takes about a year for a new hire to figure out how to work here in any dept. So many inside "rules", processes, how to get from point a to point G, who to go to, who to avoid, who is the person you can trust to tell you the correct thing etc. Simple example go to Town Hall as a new person and not understand one word about what they are babbling about. Funny part - have a computer issue they give you a ticket, but don't tell the new person what it is for or what to do with it - ...wait for a raffle?
Longevity equals a significant amount of knowledge not written down anywhere. They don't care they who do nothing, think they know everything
Not like they layoff older folks so as to avoid paying a pension or such. We don’t get one. Maybe they’re a bit higher pay grade than a younger guy, but they know more of our methods and I’d say more productive. Why layoff older folks? I’m thinking its pure who likes who? Or is it whom?
Yep. They’ll lay off some younger person at the same time do it doesn’t look like discrimination. When you get riffed they send you a spreadsheet that will show ages of people who got laid off in same department. If they had to lay more than one person off they will balance with younger person. The lawyers that work for this company will make sure that it doesn’t look like age discrimination. They want to get rid of the older more expensive employees. Anyone who has been here long so severance doesn’t cost them an arm and a leg when massive layoffs due to AI happen in the future.