[HN Gopher] Ford targeted older salaried employees during 2019 l...
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       Ford targeted older salaried employees during 2019 layoffs
        
       Author : DocFeind
       Score  : 48 points
       Date   : 2021-08-16 16:25 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | iaw wrote:
       | "They do a time study on older people, and ride them hard. I've
       | seen them make fun of an older guy because he couldn't keep up.
       | They changed his job so he was doing two people's work. He was
       | walking like 15 miles a day, while he was on dialysis two times a
       | week after work. He never complained, always did his job and kept
       | up. They're ruthless."
        
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       | xrd wrote:
       | Fascinating to hear that an outside firm analyzed all the
       | employees, using age and tenure, to figure out which terminations
       | could reduce payroll the most. Have we confirmed AI takes ALL
       | things into account when making these decisions? If a an older
       | contributor makes more than his younger colleague, can we be sure
       | that his contributions are less than the younger colleague? Color
       | me skeptical that an outside firm would figure this out
       | correctly.
        
         | trulyme wrote:
         | I don't think contribution was taken into account at all.
        
           | blacksmith_tb wrote:
           | Which is why it's hard to believe they needed to hire a firm
           | to tell them to sort by salary (or tenure), and then lay off
           | (some of) their more highly-paid employees. They're not just
           | evil, they're evil and stupid, apparently.
        
       | throwawaymanbot wrote:
       | isnt this illegal?
        
       | xyzzy21 wrote:
       | Just like EVERY Silicon Valley firm has for decades!
        
         | OldHand2018 wrote:
         | And the young folks are fine with it, because it will never
         | happen to them.
        
           | radycov wrote:
           | Personally (early 30s) this stresses me out almost every day.
           | Just the anxiety of knowing in 10 years time I will be on the
           | chopping block daily, regardless of how good I am. And
           | frankly my generation has ridiculous education and housing
           | debt so we're going to have it a lot worse than you - sorry
           | to use the obligatory term - boomers.
        
           | youeseh wrote:
           | Young folks aren't in a position to do much about it. They're
           | deeply indebted and need the job. Many old folks can't do
           | much about it either. They're also deeply indebted and need
           | the job.
        
             | Arrath wrote:
             | Its almost as if this is the intended situation.
        
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