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On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:01:38 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:59:00 -0800, wrote:

On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:08:38 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:41:08 -0800, wrote:

And the goal posts move again. I guess you are done.

I haven't changed one millimeter from what I originally said. Look it
up.

You have moved from how easy it was to fire a civil service worker to
how hard it is supposed to be to fire a private industry worker (there
are about 15 million of them who would disagree) and ended up at how
hard it is to get rid of a CEO.
CEOs aren't even that hard to get rid of. Most don't last 5 years,
particularly if they can't keep up the stock price. They just get a
better buyout than the rest of us.

I never said it was easy. Heck, it's not easy to fire a corporate
worker. Even corp. layoffs can invoke a lawsuit if it's not handled
properly.

It is clear you have never worked in a right to work state.
All they need to do is say they don't need you anymore and tell you to
stop coming in. The worst case is they have to pay your unemployment
if they can't make a "with cause" case. (basically 3 strikes will do
it)

I've only worked in Cali. It's only ranked #1 in population, so it
must be an exception. It's at-will employment, and firing someone
without cause can get you in trouble.

All you really need to do is write someone up twice and you can fire
them "with cause" on the 3d infraction. (take your stuff and go)
There are a number of infractions that are considered a condition of
employment and you can fire you on strike one.

Even IBM in the northern states could let you go with 2 weeks notice
and pay your severance. That could be as small as 2 weeks pay up to 6
months (one week for every year you worked there up to 26)
Even that was just a handshake deal. It was not a contract ... as a
lot of people found out in the 90s.
If they rolled you into early retirement, you didn't get anything not
even unemployment. You better be ready to live on about 40% of your
salary.

When my wife got laid off she got the "good" severance package (about
3 months base pay) and no notice. Basically she got called into the
office "Turn in your phone, Palm Pilot, ID card and go home now".
Six months later the people who got laid off got the same treatment
and 2 weeks pay.
If you are a trade, they just say, "we don't need you tomorrow".

So, if CEOs aren't hard to get rid of, how come it takes forever, and
they end up running the company into the ground even though it's
obvious that they did that. They still get their bonuses, no problem.
Then, maybe they take their parachute and go sailing.... um... like
BP's guy???

Exactly like Hayward. What did it take? 2-3 weeks?

You think he doesn't work for BP? Think again..

http://www.usatoday.com/money/topsto...63110359_x.htm

When they decide to dump a CEO the board can have security carry their
stuff out in a box but the terms of their contract will probably cost
the company millions. We are not talking about CEOs tho.

The government equivalent of that is an appointed position, not Civil
Service and those guys serve at the pleasure of the president.
One bad joke can send them packing off to the private sector where
they triple their salary.