Originally Posted by
Gunfighter
That is what happens when you pay talented and experienced employees to leave. We've had tens of thousands of years worth of experience walk out the doors in the last 18 months. For those of us remaining I'd venture the GAS (give a s...) factor is lower than it has been in over a decade. Do you care more or less about your job performance than you did two years ago? Multiply that answer by 70,000 employees.
*In 2019 Delta employed 90,000 people.
I can no longer recall the exact details of the non cons early retirement deal. But I do remember thinking it was an IQ test--if you were anywhere near retirement age and had any math ability it would be really hard to justify not taking it.
In my neck of the world we lost a lot of really smart people. And the ones who stayed seem to indicate that yeah it was an IQ test.
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