loyalty apparently means nothing

[eviefencer]

my father was laid off today. after 31 years of loyal service, they gave him a pink slip. called him into the boss's office at 11:30am, laid him off, and by the time he got back to his office, there was someone there to watch him pack his things. they did not, however, lay off the person they hired about a year ago that has the same title as my

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[anacoluthon]

That's so sad. =(

[eviefencer]

yeah, it just doesn't seem to me like that should be legal. >

[ckfencer]

i'm so sorry! that sucks!

[eviefencer]

yeah. though he may just end up getting to do something more fun, so hopefully things will work out in the end. silly company -_-

[bellepep]

I thought (still think) the exact same thing. I think that it's incredibly short-sighted for a company that has financial issues to cut costs by firing the people that actually know what they're doing but get paid more. It's ridiculous!

It makes me wonder what people are actually learning (or rather, FAILING to learn) in business school!