From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   John McCue   wrote:   
   >Seems to me they are taking a page from the IBM playbook.   
   >I suspect the people being paid a lot and/or over 40.  With   
   >the Trump Administration, we know there will be more of   
   >these firings because discrimination of all kinds is now   
   >fully legal.  So, Companies can fire people all people over   
   >a certain age or race without worrying about consequences.   
      
   And note that doing this was absolutely disastrous to IBM, as it   
   has been every time it's been tried in private industry.   
      
   A good friend of mine worked for a company where they fired all   
   of the higher-paid technical workers, including the guy who owned   
   the patents for their process.  That didn't go well.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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