We have posted numerous times about the requirement for seasoned expertise (the kind that only comes with age) in healthcare leadership.
FDA, CDC and other HHS agencies may have different ideas:
FDA, CDC and other HHS agencies may have different ideas:
If this story is true, it is not only illegal age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), it is deleterious to the appropriate functioning of federal agencies charged with safeguarding public health - via talent mismanagement.
-- SS
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This is very very diconcerting, is it accurate? Can anyone confirm this?
Linked in shows 2 of the three still listing the FDA as their employer. Ira however has an interesting blog post:
http://irarallen.blogspot.com/2010/11/hope-change-and-chicago-way.html
... A notice of termination and a resignation. Choose, I was told, and choose right then. To add insult to the injury, she cited fabricated, unspecified instances of my incompetence after 40 years in the business. She did not need to do that because the government has the right to terminate anyone on probation for no reason.
I was not alone. Four of us over 50 years of age were ousted, called incompetent and apparently replaced with cheaper, younger acolytes. ....
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