October 12, 20241 yr Boeing to axe 17,000 jobs amid strike and quality issues - BBC News Raymond Fry.
October 12, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, G-RFRY said: Boeing to axe 17,000 jobs amid strike and quality issues - BBC News Decimate - Historical usage - Kill one in every ten of a group of soldiers as a punishment for the whole group. From the Latin word decimatus, which meant the "the removal or destruction of one-tenth". It seems unusual to designate 10% as a target to fire as I seem to remember lower numbers when it's just a cost cutting measure. That specific number makes me wonder if there is not a bit of sabre rattling going on. In any case, given Boeing's recent history, what are the chances they'd remove the right 10%? Get rid of all the Douglas bean counter management and go back to having the engineers run the company. The last time I responded in a Boeing thread I mentioned that I'd learned a new word: Kakistocracy: government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous. From two Greek words, kakistos (κάκιστος; worst) and kratos (κράτος; rule), with a literal meaning of government by the worst people. The opposite of meritocracy. I was referring mostly to Boeing at the time, but the term could be stretched to include additional organizations. Determining examples of these is left as an exercise for the reader. Hook Edited October 12, 20241 yr by LHookins Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
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