Re: Too old?

Subject: Re: Too old?
From: Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:23:37 -0400


Dick Margulis wrote:

At a software startup where I worked, there was a series of layoffs
as the financial condition of the company deteriorated. In every
round, the oldest one or two people were let go, and the mean age
of the people let go was slightly higher than the mean age of the
people retained. The company was careful to keep the difference
small, so they could attribute it to the small sample size; but the
trend was clear. When I was the oldest, it was bye-bye, Dick.

IBM in Burlington just lost a round in court for an age discrimination
class action lawsuit that was filed after a huge lay-off several years
ago. Even the individuals who filed the lawsuit admit that the case
will probably end up in the Vermont Supreme Court (or maybe even the
U.S. Supreme Court), so if they win, most of the money will go to the
lawyers.
Al

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References:
RE: Too old?: From: Karen L. Zorn
Re: Too old?: From: Dick Margulis

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