Comment by mikewarot
2 years ago
>Boeing had come under the spell of a seductive new theory of “knowledge” that essentially reduced the whole concept to a combination of intellectual property, trade secrets, and data, discarding “thought” and “understanding” and “complex reasoning” possessed by a skilled and experienced workforce as essentially not worth the increased health care costs.
So they devalued Wisdom, and Elders... and things fell apart. This seems to be a pattern repeated all over the modern world.
Purging elder employees is the logical result of making the employer pay for the health care of their employees.
I don’t think healthcare for employees comes anywhere close to the list of top expenses for a company as large as Boeing.
Based on the article, it sounds like the expertise of more experienced workers was preventing the reckless management from shipping poorly tested products earlier, and this was the actual reason for terminating them.
> Purging elder employees is the logical result of making the employer pay for the health care of their employees.
The now-elder employee gave their best and healthy years to the company and its mission.
Which is why healthcare and pension shouldn't be paid by the employer, employers shouldn't be punished for keeping old people around.
If someone doubled the workers salary to leave you wouldn't say "but the company loyally gave you a job for 10 years, how can you desert them?", same thing here. We should incentivize companies to do the right thing, not punish them for it.
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> The now-elder employee ~~gave~~ freely sold, for an excellent wage and benefits, their best and healthy years to the company and its mission.
FTFY
No, it's only one incentive. Counterbalancing it is the value of expertise.
This is, politely said, wishful thinking. The incentive is for good enough, not for the best possible product.
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I haven’t seen this suggested before! It seems like a very obvious factor in ageism.
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