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Re:IBM Is Being Sued for Age Discrimination After Firing Tho... by solveit on Monday September 17, 2018 @08:47PM (#18011466)
>Also when you do fire people who have a longer tenure it begs the question as to why you didn't fire them earlier

I mean, presumably they were cheaper in the past.

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Re:IBM Is Being Sued for Age Discrimination After Firing Tho... by Rowaway45 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:56PM (#18016943)
Also as you get older your possibilities to get sick go up. So maybe that person had sick leave more often this year. Maybe other person had family issues this year and year ago it was great for them. Some people might have worse periods. But for HR you are just as good as your last 6 months...
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