IBM is quietly axing jobs, source says

Re:IBM is quietly axing jobs, source says by manuelmoreale on Thursday September 19, 2024 @01:50PM (#41594416)

> But the people rehired, oddly, are all younger. And that is ageist.

Is it though? Or is it just that younger people are just cheaper to hire? It’s the same reasoning in reverse. Older people with more experience demand a higher pay. And if you’re motivated—again, wrongly—just by money you probably will end up hiring younger. Because it’s cheaper.

And again, I think it’s dumb. Just not ageist. It’s probably greed which is not uncommon in the business world.

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Re:IBM is quietly axing jobs, source says by groby_b on Thursday September 19, 2024 @02:30PM (#41594852)

Again, as I said in my message: Pay for position stays the same, independent of age. Firing is disproportionately old people who get replaced with young people at the same pay

That's the issue.

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Re:IBM is quietly axing jobs, source says by manuelmoreale on Thursday September 19, 2024 @03:50PM (#41595690)

Does pay stay the same? Genuinely asking. Like is someone with 15 years of experience not getting paid more than someone with 1, even if hired for the same position? And we can obviously argue how that’s even possible but that’s a separate issue altogether.

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Re:IBM is quietly axing jobs, source says by groby_b on Thursday September 19, 2024 @08:21PM (#41597649)

I mean, that's the same as saying "are elves paid the same? We can obviously argue how that's even possible, but that's a separate issue altogether"

It's a nonsensical hypothetical.

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