Category Archives: tenure

Subtext on Tenure

Okay, listen up, everybody who isn’t anybody.  America needs you for lower wages, unrealistic performance expectations and life stealing labor.  Also, we need to remove you when you’re close to retirement.  It’s a pension win win for us. Stop whining. … Continue reading

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Fake Bill Gates Says Your Boss Doesn’t Have Tenure (part 3)

Lifetime Job Insecurity Tenure for teachers is not all FakeGates is referring to when he talks about your tough boss who doesn’t have it.  As it is used here, he is referring to the economic engine: that insecure pool of workers who at … Continue reading

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Fake Bill Gates Says Your Boss Doesn’t Have Tenure (part 2)

Tenure FakeGates suggests that tenure is a weakening influence.  Teachers have it, but your boss doesn’t which is why he’s a tough S.O.B.  So what is this tenure?  It’s another word for job security, and, apparently, it makes you soft.  In America, job security … Continue reading

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Fake Bill Gates Says Your Boss Doesn’t Have Tenure (part 1)

LifeHack recently promoted what was billed as a Bill Gates quote.  It wasn’t.  But, it goes, “If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss.  He doesn’t have tenure.” When I first read it, the last line sounded … Continue reading

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