He got canned, eventually and for reasons other than moral turpitude. The example I know, did not make the press.

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Point is, he got canned and NOT for morals. And it happens more often than you would think though not as often as it should.

The only job I can think of that's secure is Pope.

Hey, everybody dies...

indeed. can't think of any other way to 86 a Pope.

That's interesting, though.

What if a Pope ended up being a complete fuck-up? What if he had a gambling problem, or enjoyed the company of amorous nuns?

I'd have to believe there's a way to give one the boot; it just hasn't happened yet...

I'm no expert but I really don't think there is a mechanism. Generally speaking, they're pretty boxed out of normal morals issues (apart from diddling kids).

OK I looked and, fuck me, its possible !

OK, so NOBODY is safe !

Besides Robert Mugabe (may God damn him).

Well sure, but if you have skills that are in demand then you can always get a job with someone else. The pharmaceutical companies are volitile, but there is also always someone hiring (and even when they have layoffs, it generally isn't the pathologists that are going).

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"The only abnormality is the incapacity to love"
-Anias Nin

Ain't that the truth. My brother got laid off after a new COO was hired, and outsourced all of their production jobs. He had been with the company for 15 years. And that was after a long project cycle working 7 days a week for almost a year. You put in your blood sweat and tear into a company thinking you are more than just a tax id, and then bang, you're out of a job.

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"Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear."

"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."

-Thomas Jefferson

Mine is secure. I do my job well, and I dont get overpaid. It would cost too much to replace me. And my skills are in demand elsewhere, plus I have other skills and so could switch careers. Im also perfectly willing to work at McD if I had to.

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http://www.fairtax.org

Elminate all taxes on income and replace with a national sales tax.

As long as people keep throwing darts and drinking, mine's secure. I just got a raise for assuming some of the owner/manager's responsibilities to help him out. Of course, it doesn't hurt that I'm seeing him!
But, if the bar business goes belly up, I can always get a job in nursing again. I hope it never come down to that because I swore I was finished with it forever.

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

The company I work for has been posting excellent profit numbers but we just had a layoff on 6/30 (last day of the quarter) and one of my coworkers lost her job along with 700 others nationwide. I just received my yearly review, did well, and got the highest possible merit raise for his year. Unfortunately that highest possible raise was lowered from the 5% allowed last year to 3%.

Like most people, my job could be eliminated with the stroke of a pen on a financial report tomorrow. And in fact it is the avowed intention of the company I work for to eliminate or offshore the jobs of most of the people I work with so I always have an eye out for a new job. Hopefully I will be able to see my own layoff coming and jump ship first. It's how I ended up with this company to begin with.

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Louis D. Brandeis - First Jewish Supreme Court Justice

hey, john pal buddy.,..reform the vatican bank at your own risk.

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Obama-e fungis nati homines....

My job is pretty secure in that I fill a niche need. Ecology and environmental concerns don't disappear, add to that I am a 4 tool player in my field and there are folks in my dept. that make more than I do, I feel pretty secure. That’s not to say of course a sea change cannot appear, but the events in other regions of my co. globally etc. point to an influx and capitalization of my type of worker rather than shedding of such. They have been moving that way for years by not replacing workers who left through the years in those slots.
In short, I do the jobs of folks who are degreed professionals and in a global co. with a global product that is constantly growing and always will.

I was told flat out that if I finish my degree, and certify that that would put me in jeopardy as they would have to reimburse me for such.
Anyone familiar with the virtues or not re: differences between salaried ( or as we say exempt and non exempt employees) or non salaried employees will understand my point.
I earn almost as much as these folks but in a different way, there fore I am deemed “value added” as opposed to one of those that’s seen as value consuming, when you work in a dept. that is not a profit center.

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Obama-e fungis nati homines....

Gods, but we need good nurses, though. Now theres a job you can take anywhere. (my mom's an RN)

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"The only abnormality is the incapacity to love"
-Anias Nin

Big time...just keep the consultants away from the hospital administrators so that no more downsizing (called the euphemism "resizing" for effective marketing purposes) takes place.

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I am an American. That's the way most of us put it, just matter of factly. They are plain words, those four: you could write them on your thumbnail, or sweep them clear across this bright autumn sky. But remember too, that they are more than just words. They are a way of life. So whenever you speak them, speak them firmly, speak them proudly, speak them gratefully. I am an American. ...a tradition