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agent46

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10. I guess it has been to me

Reply to starroute (Reply #9)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 11:06 AM

Aug 2013

I got laid off from a near six figure Silicon Valley job in 2009. I'm 56 now and making twelve bucks an hour using a subset of my skills.

It was obvious to a bunch of us when the far lower paid and part-time new hires started arriving and the layoffs of senior people followed.

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I guess it has been to me agent46 Aug 2013 #10

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