Age discrimination lawsuits

How about an email address or something? Not posting to CP. 20+ years and was close to qualifying and poof.

 

What utter BS! The Supreme Court all but gutted the ADEA years ago. Unless you have unbelievable, written proof of age discrimination, which you don't and neither does anyone else here at AZ, you are wasting time!

 

Thank you Steve for pointing out that we are productive members of society. Fortunately the transcripts from a recent Supreme Court hearing on age discrimination are available on line. This should help you immensely.

Title: Bring Out Your Dead
From: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Transcribed By: Malcolm Dickinson ( CLARINET@YALEVM.BITNET )


A cart passes through the muddy road through a village.
A baby cries. People wrestle in the mud. A woman beats a cat.

The cart-master chants wearily as they trudge along:

Bring out your dead!
Bring out your dead!
Bring out your dead! etc. while beating occasionally on a large
triangle with a wooden spoon.

As each person comes forward with his or her dead relative, they throw them on
the cart. He holds out his hand and they pay.

Bring out your dead!

A man comes out with a dead-looking old man in a nightshirst slung over his
shoulder. He starts to put the old man on the cart.

Man: Here's one-
Cart-master: Ninepence.
Old Man: (feebly) I'm not dead!
Cart-master: (suprised) What?
Man: Nothing! Here's your ninepence....
Old Man: I'm not dead!
Cart-master: 'Ere! 'E says 'e's not dead!
Man: Yes he is.
Old Man: I'm not!
Cart-master: 'E isn't?
Man: Well... he will be soon-- he's very ill...
Old Man: I'm getting better!
Man: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.
Cart-master: I can't take 'im like that! It's against regulations!
Old Man: I don't want to go on the cart....
Man: Oh, don't be such a baby.
Cart-master: I can't take 'im....
Old Man: I feel fine!
Man: Well, do us a favor...
Cart-master: I can't!
Man: Can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long...
Cart-master: No, gotta get to Robinson's, they lost nine today.
Man: Well, when's your next round?
Cart-master: Thursday.
Old Man: I think I'll go for a walk....
Man: You're not fooling anyone, you know--
(to Cart-master) Look, isn't there something you can do...?

(they both look around)

Old Man: I feel happy! I feel happy!

(the Cart-master deals the old man a swift blow to the head with his wooden
spoon. The old man goes limp.)

Man: (throwing the old man onto the cart) Ah. thanks very much.
Cart-master: Not at all. See you on Thursday!
Man: Right! All right....

 

True. AZ has had a long term strategy of eliminating high salary and pension eligible employees going back 8-10 years. They have followed a very clever action plan to avoid these types of lawsuits. But if you look at AZ then and now the plan has obviously worked.

 

Indeed they have. And how is that working out for AZ? Is the company in a better place now then before?

 

Yes Luke Miels has endorsed AstraZeneca as a place "to have worked"

 

There was a time when Zeneca was led by experienced sales people who started out as entry level sales people. They understood our customers and our jobs and protected us from interference from distractions from places like H.R. and Marketing. Employees were loyal and respected and promotions and awards were mostly legit and deserved. People chose to remain as sales representatives because they enjoyed their jobs and were allowed to retain well earned and long standing relationships with physicians. They had the same manager for years who understood and supported their efforts. Retirees were respected and taken care of because we knew we were all going to be in their shoes someday. Compare that to AZ of today. Sad, very sad.

 

Very well said..those days are unfortunately long gone...most people are trying to survive until they get a package I'm not sure how or when we got here, but it was a great ride getting here...The last year or so has sucked big time!