Buyouts Could Deplete Talent - gosh, ya think?

they're finally realizing this. :

'Washington Post' Publisher: Buyouts Could Deplete Talent

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003955946

 

Since when did Captain Obvious get a job publishing the WaPo?

 

In other fascinating news ...

- Furloughs Could Diminish Morale
- Cutting the Size of Paper Could Hurt Sales
- Outsourcing Copy Editing Could Make Deadlines Insanely Early
- CEOs Who Take 7-Figure Bonuses While Forcing Their Employees to Take Furloughs Could Be Chased Into the Bell Tower by an Angry, Pitchfork-Wielding Mob

 

I read that, and, once again, the thing that bothers me most -- even as many times as we may see it -- is the admitted targeting of only people of a certain, specific age.

It's one thing for us, or anybody, to speculate about/discuss who gets cut, and for what reasons we think it is happening, or may happen.

It's quite another thing to know, for sure -- and beforehand -- that you are the target, for a reason that has nothing to do with performance or merit, that cannot possibly be helped, changed or negotiated, and that everyone will reach at some point, someday.

It's like turning everyone's career into something akin to Logan's Run. It's also wrong.

And no, I'm not 50...yet.

 

She must have gotten a visit from Marley and the three spirits last night.

 

Turning to our next story, My Cat's Breath Smells Like Cat Food.

 

Spinning Newspaper Injures Printer

 

See, I might simply be stupid or naive, but I still think somebody in the right circumstance is going to sue for age discrimination even in the midst of all this and maybe win.

Just because times are horrible doesn't mean, I don't think, that they can simply lop off all of their oldest workers to start. But I might be wrong.

 

I love Google. And I now don't think it's a dumb question at all:

http://blogs.wSportsJournalists.com/law/2009/03/11/the-economy-falls-age-discrimination-claims-go-up/

 

Can you send some art with that? Thanks in advance ...

 

This just in: Plants without nourishment die. The graphic film, at 11.