http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/03/31/no-jobs-for-sergeants/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 22 May 2012 09:27:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/03/31/no-jobs-for-sergeants/#comment-9318 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:37:00 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/03/31/no-jobs-for-sergeants/#comment-9318 Yeah, it's sad but everyone is getting pinched in one way or the other. I'm thinking that middle aged second guy you mentioned might be the N&O's Peder Zane. Yeah, it’s sad but everyone is getting pinched in one way or the other. I’m thinking that middle aged second guy you mentioned might be the N&O’s Peder Zane.

]]> http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/03/31/no-jobs-for-sergeants/#comment-9317 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:20:19 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/03/31/no-jobs-for-sergeants/#comment-9317 I thought you must have been referring to someone at the N&O until you got to the analogy about the gunnery sargent ("knows when to ignore a stupid order from higher-ups, saves rookies from mistakes, has an uncanny knack for spotting competitive threats"), then I knew that couldn't be the case. Too bad. I thought you must have been referring to someone at the N&O until you got to the analogy about the gunnery sargent (”knows when to ignore a stupid order from higher-ups, saves rookies from mistakes, has an uncanny knack for spotting competitive threats”), then I knew that couldn’t be the case. Too bad.

]]> http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/03/31/no-jobs-for-sergeants/#comment-9315 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:23:50 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/03/31/no-jobs-for-sergeants/#comment-9315 I can tell you who's catching the brunt of layoffs -- it's older baby boomers. A number of people in my small circle of friends and relatives have seen their jobs eliminated or their services no long needed by younger people who think older workers don't recognize the new paradigms, when in fact they saw those same new paradigms in different wrappers years ago and know their fallacies. Companies, like the one that laid me off, are left with no institutional memory and no cool-headed gunnery sergeants to get them through everyday crises. American businesses will suffer from their short-sightedness. I can tell you who’s catching the brunt of layoffs — it’s older baby boomers. A number of people in my small circle of friends and relatives have seen their jobs eliminated or their services no long needed by younger people who think older workers don’t recognize the new paradigms, when in fact they saw those same new paradigms in different wrappers years ago and know their fallacies. Companies, like the one that laid me off, are left with no institutional memory and no cool-headed gunnery sergeants to get them through everyday crises. American businesses will suffer from their short-sightedness.

]]> http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/03/31/no-jobs-for-sergeants/#comment-9314 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:11:53 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/03/31/no-jobs-for-sergeants/#comment-9314 Not necessarily. Not the true Gunny who gets it done, but isn't a pet of higher ups. But you are correct that a higher salary, combined with holding a specialist's job rather than one that demands versatility can make you a fatter target. That and gray hair. Not necessarily. Not the true Gunny who gets it done, but isn’t a pet of higher ups. But you are correct that a higher salary, combined with holding a specialist’s job rather than one that demands versatility can make you a fatter target. That and gray hair.

]]> http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/03/31/no-jobs-for-sergeants/#comment-9312 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:53:47 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/03/31/no-jobs-for-sergeants/#comment-9312 Unlike the Gunny, they are probably much more highly paid than anyone else. Unlike the Gunny, they are probably much more highly paid than anyone else.

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