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44. Irony alert

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 11:13 PM

Jul 2014

It was fifty weeks ago today...

ArrowStream Named One of Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For By the National Association for Business Resources

Chicago, IL-July 15, 2013 - ArrowStream, Inc. ("ArrowStream"), a leading provider of supply chain management technology, has been recognized as a Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For award recipient by the National Association For Business Resources (NABR), an advocate and representative of small and medium-sized businesses in the area of human resources...

Companies named to the 2013 Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For list practice innovative strategies and represent best practices in human resources in categories such as compensation and benefits, engagement and retention, education and development, diversity and inclusion, work-life balance and community initiatives...

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Police: Demoted worker shoots CEO, kills self in Chicago [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2014 OP

If only there were more guns and more offshoring. Gungeoneer CEO logic. valerief Jul 2014 #1

This can happen when 59-year-olds lose their jobs... KansDem Jul 2014 #2

The mix of "gun culture" and "middle class dismantling" is lethal. nt valerief Jul 2014 #4

This assumes that every 50+ employee is a model employee cosmicone Jul 2014 #8

The article said the CEO was "downsizing." KansDem Jul 2014 #11

Downsizing is not necessarily bad. cosmicone Jul 2014 #15

I don't know... KansDem Jul 2014 #17

I'm not justifying the shooting or blaming the victim. toddwv Jul 2014 #22

I get your point but cosmicone Jul 2014 #24

I'm betting you are employed and fairly far from 50.. whathehell Jul 2014 #28

I am on the other side of 50 from what you think cosmicone Jul 2014 #29

No, I doubt any of us condones shooting people in the head, but your posts whathehell Jul 2014 #38

I'm not condoning it either. toddwv Jul 2014 #39

There are other ways to deal with slow downs passiveporcupine Jul 2014 #25

Easy for you to say. (nt) Paladin Jul 2014 #31

How about..... GTurck Aug 2014 #46

You don't demote the chief technology officer of a technological company rocktivity Jul 2014 #45

Wow. IronGate Jul 2014 #9

How is this "victim blaming?" KansDem Jul 2014 #12

You're blaming the CEO for being shot, IronGate Jul 2014 #16

I don't know for certain but I would wager the demoted employee... KansDem Jul 2014 #19

The CEO may not have been a one percenter cosmicone Jul 2014 #23

exactly, kansdem hopemountain Jul 2014 #41

The shooter is dead. Has justice been done? Loudly Jul 2014 #3

uuuuuuuughhhhhhhhhhh eom LittleGirl Jul 2014 #5

Oh boy,just the start. Wellstone ruled Jul 2014 #6

A minor side effect of "responsible" gun ownership cosmicone Jul 2014 #7

Guns are handy. nt onehandle Jul 2014 #10

What a coward... 8_Point Jul 2014 #13

Guns are illegal in Chicago... freebrew Jul 2014 #14

Not illegal anymore. Unfortunately. Loudly Jul 2014 #37

Years ago I worked for the ocean shipping division Turbineguy Jul 2014 #18

Now they will actually start doing something about gun control Dopers_Greed Jul 2014 #20

What makes you think that? Paladin Jul 2014 #30

The wealthy May come to the realization that the millions of people they shit on daily... NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #49

One incident doesn't mean anything. Paladin Aug 2014 #50

More accurate title whistler162 Jul 2014 #21

Their website still has him listed as the #2 exec in the company BeyondGeography Jul 2014 #26

the number two executive, according to your link pleinair Jul 2014 #32

Longtime friends with the victim BeyondGeography Jul 2014 #33

I know what it's like to lose your job shenmue Jul 2014 #27

He didn't lose his job. He was demoted. Demobrat Jul 2014 #35

I stand corrected shenmue Jul 2014 #36

True. freshwest Jul 2014 #42

Job security is a fallacy. Murder is wrong. TIMETOCHANGE Jul 2014 #34

Of course murder is wrong, but the rest of your post sounds like free market, whathehell Jul 2014 #40

My opinion... LanternWaste Aug 2014 #47

Your " opinion won't be posting too much longer"??? whathehell Aug 2014 #48

I'm a realist, and breaking the law won't help our side. TIMETOCHANGE Aug 2014 #51

You can be a "realist" and still favor Fair Trade over supposed Free Trade, whathehell Aug 2014 #52

Fair Trade would be great? TIMETOCHANGE Aug 2014 #54

Hate to think of what he would have done if he'd been fired rocktivity Jul 2014 #43

Irony alert rocktivity Jul 2014 #44

This is why everyone in the executive suite needs to be armed daleo Aug 2014 #53