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Re:Unity employees ‘mad and stressed out’ amidst unexpected ... by qbasic_forever on Friday July 01, 2022 @11:36AM (#31947923)
IBM and HP in their waning years were pretty upfront in quarterly reports that their older staff were a liability and they were actively working to manage them out through early retirements, layoffs, etc.
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Re:Unity employees ‘mad and stressed out’ amidst unexpected ... by mathattack on Friday July 01, 2022 @11:57AM (#31948311)
Is that legal?
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Re:Unity employees ‘mad and stressed out’ amidst unexpected ... by qbasic_forever on Friday July 01, 2022 @12:24PM (#31948797)
No and there are currently investigations ongoing: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/02/12/ibm-accuse...

Companies have many ways they obfuscate or hide layoffs of older workers though, there is very little legal protection as long as the company isn't so stupid and brazen as IBM (i.e. leaves a trail of evidence in emails).

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