Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM

As it scrambled to compete in the internet world, the once-dominant tech company cut tens of thousands of U.S. workers, hitting its most senior employees hardest and flouting rules against age bias.

Source: https://features.propublica.org/ibm/ibm-age-discrimination-american-workers/

Long read. I guess IBM isn’t/won’t be the only company doing this, just one of the more visible ones. Competition with the world; younger, cheaper labor; illusions and delusions of competency; proper valuing of experience; etc., etc. Nothing ever really changes?

(https://getpocket.com said “Here, read this”, so I did.)

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