BA> Replying to a message of Bob Klahn to Tom Walker:

 BK>>>> You are correct. And Obama satisfied that requirement by
 BK>>>> suspending Walpin, with pay, for the 30 days the notice
 BK>>>> requires.

 TW>>> ONLY after back peddiling and recinding the Get out is ONE
 TW>>> HOUR order. ---

 BK>>  Do you have a source for that? What I found was a "resign or be
 BK>>  fired" with one hour to decide.

 BK>>  Like I said, if you are going to fire someone, you fire them,
 BK>>  you don't give them 30 days to sit around being disgruntled.

 BA> Which is why most employers have terminated employees
 BA> escorted off the premises at the time of termination.

 I watched that happen to my former boss. I thought it was an
 outrage how they did it. I thought he should have been fired
 long ago, but they way they did it was wrong. The fired him to
 replace him with a younger fellow. Age discrimination. That and
 they never gave him any reason, any critique of his performance,
 or any way to satisfy whatever problems they had.

 Then they went through and fired every other older manager and
 replaced them with young managers. Why they didn't get sued up
 the ass I will never figure out.

 Oh, the firing went all the way up to the CEO. And every upper
 level replacement they brought in was a Mormon. Try that one on
 for size.

 BA> That might not hold for those being laid off.  When CSO had
 BA> its massive layoffs in 2004 most employees had at least 30
 BA> days warning - and a very generous severance package (I
 BA> drew full pay for 4.5 months after leaving and half pay for
 BA> 4.5 months after that).

 With layoffs the assumption is it's not because of any fault, or
 disapproval of the employees. That and if the opportunity occurs
 they can, and likely will, be called back. It's not a true
 firing.

 Though, with a severance packet it's more a permanent dismissal,
 but again, not due to any fault on the part of the employee.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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