“Involuntary Retirement” - is age discrimination real?

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Yes I think that JnJ is guilty of age discrimination. Latest reorganizations over the past two years are examples of this. Most of those targeted were over 50 but interestly when challenged the data provided to Employee relations & exec management included younger folks who had left before the reorg for different reasons so that the picture painted of a fair process was inaccurate. When asked for specifics on who the names were of those eliminated, folks were told it couldn’t be shared due to privacy. It was unacceptable how their unfair decisions were justified in a company that stands behind their credo.

JnJ is able to do this by offering severance only if a legal agreement is signed within 30 days of the notification of elimination that requires commitment by the eliminated employee not to pursue legal action. While most of the eliminated folks wanted to challenge the decisions, there was not enough time to do so and not risk their severance.

Bottom line is that JnJ does not look like they are guilty of age discrimination by using these tactics. We would all like to think that JnJ would do all the right things for employees as per credo, recent history shows that is just not the case.