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From: phil@unisoft.UUCP (phil ronzone)
Newsgroups: net.jobs
Subject: Re: Research in Reliable Distributed Computing
Message-ID: <565@unisoft.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 15-Sep-85 16:44:45 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 15 16:44:45 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 17-Sep-85 06:20:22 EDT
References: <429@cheviot.uucp> <864@burl.UUCP> <1228@ihlpg.UUCP>
Reply-To: phil@unisoft.UUCP (Phil Ronzone)
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In article <1228@ihlpg.UUCP> dimario@ihlpg.UUCP (Michael J. DiMario) writes:
>> 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...
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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)
>> alias: Curtis Jackson	...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj
>> 			...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj
>
>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.

Tut-tut, old boy (attempted English colloq.) -- think how a ``European''
must feel when seeing the phrase ``affirmitive action''. Perhaps the mention
of age indicates some type of hiring decision based on age. Is that any better
or worse than hiring based on skin color i.e., racism? (Affirmitive action
is the name for a social policy in the United States which places the color
of the skin as a major determinant in the hiring decision. Since I can't
see how that can be a rational basis for most hiring decisions, I tend
to call it racism.).

Perhaps the EC should ban American net.job opportunities with the phrase
``affirmitive action'' in them?

Oh well, I supposed this had better move to net.flame REAL QUICK. Respond
there, oh flamers ...

``Forgive him, Caesar, for he is a barbarian and thinks the ways of his tribe
  are the laws of nature ...''