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Is it ethical to exclude terminally ill employees from end-of-year layoffs? [closed]

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP .everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0; up vote 6 down vote favorite 1 Recently, we've heard a lot about Microsoft's stack ranking system and Yahoo's "Quarterly Performance Review" system. My Question: Is it ethical for companies to exclude terminally ill employees from the end-of-year layoffs attached to these programs? My Concern: Making an exception, even for terminal illness, might start the company down a slippery slope and force it to make other exceptions for other kinds of hardships. EDIT: @Greg McNulty just submitted a comment that deserves more exploration. someone terminally ill just got let go here. Seems harsh. – Greg McNulty 4 mins ago It is harsh. But it would also be harsh to lay off an employee whose two children were paralyzed in a car accident. And it would also be harsh to lay off a single mom who's living paycheck-to-paycheck while sup

How to answer hiring managers' e-mails when I don't fit the job titles? [closed]

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP .everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0; up vote 4 down vote favorite 1 After I had signed up for websites, such as monster.com, linkedin.com, and indeed.com, hiring managers started sending me a lot of e-mails. I see that I don't fit the job titles or don't have enough experience. E.g., they require 5 or 6 years in software development, but I have 3, including one-year internship. Or they send me a Project Manager job description whereas I am a software developer. I don't want to ignore them because there might be an opportunity. What answers would be good? Even if they send me wrong job descriptions, they might have an opening I am interested in. hiring-process email employees share | improve this question edited Nov 15 '13 at 15:27 asked Nov 14 '13 at 21:47 Maksim Dmitriev 126 6 closed as unclear what you're asking by IDrin