04-11-2019, 01:33 AM
My older brother worked for BNR for decades. He was 50 something when they gave him two choices: except a golden handshake and early retirement or get fired. I felt sorry for him as computer companies don't high people of that age. He ended up working as a pack boy in a local grocery store.
A while after that a joke e-mail went around my office. If you had 25 dollars should you invest it in BNR stock or buy a case of beer. The answer was buy the beer because the return on the empties will be worth more than the stock. At that time it did not make sense. But it wasn't long before BNR folded their tent.
The people that were still working there got nothing, although they may have worked there for decades. So my brother was somewhat lucky because at least he got a pension from them, although he had to wait until he was 65 to collect it.
A while after that a joke e-mail went around my office. If you had 25 dollars should you invest it in BNR stock or buy a case of beer. The answer was buy the beer because the return on the empties will be worth more than the stock. At that time it did not make sense. But it wasn't long before BNR folded their tent.
The people that were still working there got nothing, although they may have worked there for decades. So my brother was somewhat lucky because at least he got a pension from them, although he had to wait until he was 65 to collect it.