[Oatka]

While they will save on payroll and health costs by shedding older workers, their replacements will be the millenials who are lacking in the work ethic their older workers have.

And watch Corporate memory walk out the door. Saw this numerous time when I was in the workforce. Occasionally Karma would bite and the laid off old timer came back as a contractor at three or four times his old salary and for a long period of time.

Personally, I wouldn't have come back and let 'em squirm if I had critical info.

[Covenantor]

Corporate and project memory in my case. Got rif’ed and two months later got a call back. Told them no way as salaried employee as they were under the hammer on time and huge performance penalties. I settled for breaking into three digit hourly for three months. The VP turned purple but the accountant did some rapid mental math and said done. Brought it in ahead of time with a nice performance bonus.

Some times it’s worth deferring FU now because the later kiss off is that much sweeter, and knowing that at least one sob ground his teeth every day while green flowed to me.