Layoffs have been all over the news. More than 150 tech companies alone have said farewell to nearly 40,000 employees, per layoffs.fyi. It’s bad, of course, to be one of those heading out the door. It may be especially hard if you are a highly educated worker, between ages 40 and 65, who has been out of work for more than six months. According to Ofer Sharone, associate professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the deck is stacked against the most experienced job… Source link
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If anyone makes the Baseball Hall of Fame when results of the always contentious voting are announced Tuesday, it will be legendary Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz. The gregarious postseason hero known as Big Papi is the only candidate trending toward potential induction in the ballots already made public, as tracked by Ryan Thibodaux and company. In his first year on the ballot, Ortiz stands out as a bellwether of several hot button Hall of Fame issues. One is murky steroid suspicion —… Source link
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