Reply #41: ? - Can "cutting age techies" be older than 45 but younger than 59-1/2? [View All]

and are there "image" criteria? Too bald, too fat, too smokey, credit too bad after trying to find ANY employment in the last X years, too many previous employers notwithstanding mergers, downsizings, short-term private and government consulting contracts that were abruptly cancelled due to golf-game team shake-ups, take too many pills for problems associated w/aging like menopause, depression, anxiety, personal transportation emits too much pollution, household uses too many Internet hours and visits the WRONG sites, no brands on any piece of visible clothing, just any old subjective, arbitrary reasons?

What's up with the age discrimination? I seem to recall that those OVER age 40 were protected by some code as it relates to federal (military?)workers and applicable to those corporations that engage in federal contracts...no? What about those IT-types that are too old, but not old enough, TOUGH LUCK; these folks can hope they don't make it to a ripe, OLD age or need Aricept!

Either way it's insulting, demeaning, and seems euphemistic for SLAVERY - On second thought, perhaps re-training for Walmart or burger flipping would be preferable - is that the strategy? Perhaps some could hold out that way until "retirement." Ah yes, time flies when one is having FUN, boomer-style!

The military has been chopping out its "dead wood" civilian force by attrition/forced early retirement for years. They even tried to black mail someone I know by offering to pay the freight for a Ph.D.--never did find out if the offer was accepted.

Any way, many already have a DD Form 214 and learned how to shoot at the enemy! One can only hope that short-term memory goes first...so we won't remember why we needed to remember that training.