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From: dimario@ihlpg.UUCP (Michael J. DiMario)
Newsgroups: net.jobs
Subject: Re: Research in Reliable Distributed Computing
Message-ID: <1228@ihlpg.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 08:46:40 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 12 08:46:40 1985
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> In article <429@cheviot.uucp> santosh@cheviot.UUCP (Santosh Shrivastava) writes:
> >              The appointments will be for the duration of three years, on the
> >standard IA salary scale: 7520- 12150 Pounds/year according to age
> >qualifications and experience...
> 
> <flame on!!>
> 
> AGE?!?!  You're going to seriously base a person's salary on, among other
> things, \age/ ?  I sincerely hope you get NO applicants whatsoever for these
> positions, with a discriminatory attitude like that!
> 
> How do you figure that age weighting on the salary?
> 
> "Well, the younger one's got more experience and better education, but the
>  old fart's been around for quite a few -- that ought to be worth a few quid
>  indeed."
> 
> Or maybe:
> 
> "The older man has the experience and better qualifications, but he's sure to
>  be settled in and burned out by now just because he's older; let's up the
>  young whippersnapper's salary accordingly."
> 
> Let's try judging on \individual merits/, not whether one is Republican or
> Democrat, black or white, OR old or young.
> 
> <flame off>
> 
> Seriously, if you have some set weighting of salary based on age I'd love to
> see it -- I'd be very interested (in a sick sort of way) in how it is
> implemented.
> -- 
> 
> The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291)
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I concur with your view! Such attitudes and discrimination policies are
indicative with the British unrest internal and external to England.
But, it may also be typical of European hiring practises. It is discouraging
to see such views on an American net.