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Re:IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows by fouc on Thursday August 01, 2019 @02:30AM (#20581452)
s/Millennials/Generation Z/ at this point.

Millennials are all in their 30s and older now.

Re:IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows by flukus on Thursday August 01, 2019 @02:53AM (#20581560)
> s/Millennials/Generation Z/ at this point.

I don't think that works either, Gen Z are either really early in their career and only making up a tiny fraction of the industry or not in any career at all yet, it's hardly the demographic IBM needs to appeal to.

As an older millennial my hair is starting to take on a grayish tinge and ageism in the industry is becoming a direct concern, so this can only lower my opinion of IBM.

Re:IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows by jnbiche on Thursday August 01, 2019 @04:14AM (#20582007)
Ageism in our industry should be a concern to everyone, regardless of the amount of grey hair they have.

We all get old, after all. And more importantly, even if we didn't all get old, it's still wrong to discriminate (we don't all become black over time, but it's still wrong to discriminate in the basis of race).

Re:IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows by austinprete on Thursday August 01, 2019 @04:49AM (#20582180)
Not sure the comparison to race is either fitting or appropriate here. Becoming more old undoubtedly has a negative effect on performance/productivity at some point, I don’t think the same can ever be said for becoming more black.
Re:IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows by jki275 on Thursday August 01, 2019 @02:28PM (#20586764)
Getting “old” often increases performance and productivity though...
Re:IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows by varjag on Thursday August 01, 2019 @05:39AM (#20582390)
People under 30 are the major demographic in tech.
Re:IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows by meddlepal on Thursday August 01, 2019 @02:38AM (#20581496)
It really depends on the definition of millennial that is used. I'm in my early 30s but I have a couple friends that are 24/25/26 and personally they align as millennials rather than Gen Z. Very tail end of course but definitely millennial.
Re:IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows by martinpw on Thursday August 01, 2019 @03:49AM (#20581873)
Makes me sad that anyone chooses to self identify into marketing buckets like this.
Re:IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows by TacticalTable on Thursday August 01, 2019 @12:09PM (#20585148)
Generational groups aren't exclusively marketing buckets. They're a useful (if rough) description of a set of people within an age group, that's more useful than solely marketing.
Re:IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows by SparkleBunny on Thursday August 01, 2019 @03:09AM (#20581638)
We're talking about IBM here. It's "System Z."
Re:IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows by rolltiide on Thursday August 01, 2019 @03:22AM (#20581721)
There is no evidence of this article mixing that up

No need to copy and paste your canned generation label response just because millennial was mentioned, useful for linkedin clickbait but not really this article

This article just gets a mild chuckle about a company catering to a nearly middle aged experienced workforce because even they find IBM uncool