Oy.

Jul 23, 2009 02:41

Just got offered "early retirement incentive" .

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alan_shore July 23 2009, 13:20:56 UTC
In the form of...?

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zippyknowsbest July 23 2009, 22:12:56 UTC
Money.

The library's cutting $28 million dollars. And over four hundred jobs. So they're asking the old workhorses if they want to go to pasture early.

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alan_shore July 24 2009, 00:41:05 UTC
Corporate doublespeak always makes me nervous--"early retirement incentive" sounds like a Bond villain's euphemism for a gun to the head. Which is to say, I'm glad it's nothing so sinister.

Do you?

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zippyknowsbest July 24 2009, 00:50:11 UTC
Heh. Nah, they haven't gotten around to veiled, bad-pun threats about retirement being "overdue" yet, har de har.

I don't know. No. Maybe. The free time might be nice if I want to get serious about my doctorate, but the bottom line is very important; the amount they're offering sounds nice (especially when phrased as a lump sum like it is), but it ain't that nice.

How are you, Alan?

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zippyknowsbest July 23 2009, 22:47:16 UTC
I did not. I'm too short, Jean-Paul.

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zippyknowsbest July 23 2009, 23:13:01 UTC
Bless you for sayin' so, boychik. It's not so much that I'm old as that they have to cut jobs somewhere, due to budget cuts. Thank Bloomberg for that. If those of us nearing retirement age agree to jump ship early, they can preserve the jobs of others, blah blah, etc.

Anyway I haven't decided one way or the other yet, so save the protests until I do.

I liked your link, it made me laugh. I kinda want the coffin book. I could start building mine now

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a_chaitlin July 24 2009, 18:35:44 UTC
Well, that's cheek.

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zippyknowsbest July 24 2009, 19:46:28 UTC
*sigh* It isn't entirely unexpected. Still makes me want to go stage a protest or something.

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