I'm guessing that my uber lib, Obama loving brother will finally get his pink slip in this go-round of fat trimming. He's been with H-P since the late 70's, and has somehow avoided all previous down-sizings. He's a sharp cookie, but way long in the tooth, and probably doesn't even do half the work a newbie would do in the same position.
Unfortunately, he'll never put two and two together when the axe falls. It's just not going to occur to him that the political, cultural, and social policies he's supported all these years, are the root cause of him losing his cushy position.
Good luck with your 'retirement', bro.
“He’s a sharp cookie, but way long in the tooth, and probably doesn’t even do half the work a newbie would do in the same position.”
Many Americans in this demographic (in various fields) are casualties of salaries being adjusted to the “new normal”; too many years of salary increases have made them uncompetitive in an employers’ market. Age discrimination laws aren’t protecting them as they are shuffled around between jobs (if they’re lucky enough to find them) at lower and lower wages; anyone I know over 40 who lost their job in the last five years and found another one is making noticeably less money, even if they are doing the same work.
It is a national disgrace.
HP hired me right out of grad school. Three years later I met Bill Gates. Bye HP.