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In reply to the discussion: CNN layoffs [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)22. So many businesses only want young people.
Google has a reputation of being a wonderful employer, but if you plan on being there a while, I am not so sure.
I remember some five years ago, reading about a guy there who was let go, and he was the only person still there who was over fifty, so he sued.
Never read the outcome of the lawsuit though.
I was told a while ago not to bother trying to get work through nursing agencies, as the price of the employer paying my health insurance was so high, and with 20 years of experience, my salary would be more, so the chances of my being hired over a younger "cheaper" employee were not very good and I retired from that field.
Luckily I have my own business to work at, but if I didn't have that to fall back on, what then?
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Until people realize that folks like Koch, Adleson, and the CEOs they sponsor
kelliekat44
Apr 2014
#4
Ultimately almost every Republican policy leads to Cheap Labor as the central issue
BlueStreak
Apr 2014
#28
You can say there hasn't been ENOUGH improvement. You can say employment situation is UNACCEPTABLE
BlueStreak
Apr 2014
#42
Been saying this too. It has to be global, non-violent, but unified, and wealth impacting on the
kelliekat44
Apr 2014
#23
I remember the years of the IBM Country Clubs and where you got that as a Perk and
KoKo
Apr 2014
#25
It's part of an orchestrated effort to drown the country in that "bathtub" the GOP has been preachin
blkmusclmachine
Apr 2014
#14
Spouse and I have seen the writing on the wall for those 50+ and made it our sole focus to
kelly1mm
Apr 2014
#26
Our basic plan was to drive down the monthly cost of living. To do so we have no
kelly1mm
Apr 2014
#32