----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 9:21 PM Subject: Re: Equal rights opportunity or numbers?
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 09:05:09PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > > To me, it is obvious that the company decided to get rid of its oldest > > engineers. The pension liability they would have if they allowed > > these workers to work till they were 65 was the most likely reason > > for this action. Another thought was that older engineers were not > > talented enough because they were old. > > Do you think it would have happened on a 401(k) type plan instead of > pensions? That's a good question, but I don't know the answer for this particular instance. The second reason, the idea that an old engineer is a bad engineer, might have been enough...or it might not. I think that the 401(k) or SAP plan fits today's workplace a lot better than the old fashioned pensions did. The pensions were a good fit for the old way when long term employment was encouraged and productive workers were kept on if at all possible. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
