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"Tesla added that Vandermeyden had been granted numerous positions over other more qualified candidates and was given special treatment and opportunities for ad

by balozi 9y ago

"Tesla added that Vandermeyden had been granted numerous positions over other more qualified candidates and was given special treatment and opportunities for advancement that were unwarranted based on her qualifications”. Its amazing to see a company so openly admit that it gives special treatment to some employees. Everyone suspects that to be the case but nobody says a thing. Maybe the rest of us should file lawsuits.

tenpies 9y ago
I wonder if it admitting it opens them up to legal action by those who were discriminated against.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  It would seem to; what Tesla says in their statement seems to pretty clearly be libel per se against the fired employee if false (on top of potentially being, along with the termination itself, potentially illegal retaliation), and, if not quite an admission (since they don't explicitly state the reason for the preferential treatment), strong evidence for illegal sex-based discrimation against other employees and/or applicants, if true. (And because different juries can disagree on facts and findings of fact in a lawsuit against a defendant aren't binding in a lawsuit by a different party against the same defendant, they could potentially be found liable for both.)
mcbruiser3 9y ago
I suspect this is happening a lot in today's PC climate, consciously or unconsciously. It's not a 100% merit-based system anymore. Maybe it never was, I dunno, but I do know some people can never be pleased and are always crying wolf. “[Her termination] was absolutely shocking for AJ. She is devastated,” Really? I find that very hard to believe. If you hate a company so much you're willing to SUE them and make it public, then these two things seem irreconcilable.
- krainboltgreene 9y ago
  > It's not a 100% merit-based system anymore. This was never the case, at any point, ever.
  - spearmint 9y ago
    The thing is, in recent years it's worse than it has ever been. 100% merit-based systems were never a thing but that doesn't mean a drop from, say, 85% to 60% isn't alarming and objectionable.
  - mcbruiser3 9y ago
    any system involving humans will be flawed, but I don't think the problems being discussed here are as rampant as some would like to think

by balozi 9y ago

tenpies 9y ago

I wonder if it admitting it opens them up to legal action by those who were discriminated against.

dragonwriter 9y ago
It would seem to; what Tesla says in their statement seems to pretty clearly be libel per se against the fired employee if false (on top of potentially being, along with the termination itself, potentially illegal retaliation), and, if not quite an admission (since they don't explicitly state the reason for the preferential treatment), strong evidence for illegal sex-based discrimation against other employees and/or applicants, if true. (And because different juries can disagree on facts and findings of fact in a lawsuit against a defendant aren't binding in a lawsuit by a different party against the same defendant, they could potentially be found liable for both.)

mcbruiser3 9y ago

I suspect this is happening a lot in today's PC climate, consciously or unconsciously. It's not a 100% merit-based system anymore. Maybe it never was, I dunno, but I do know some people can never be pleased and are always crying wolf. “[Her termination] was absolutely shocking for AJ. She is devastated,” Really? I find that very hard to believe. If you hate a company so much you're willing to SUE them and make it public, then these two things seem irreconcilable.

krainboltgreene 9y ago
> It's not a 100% merit-based system anymore. This was never the case, at any point, ever.
- spearmint 9y ago
  The thing is, in recent years it's worse than it has ever been. 100% merit-based systems were never a thing but that doesn't mean a drop from, say, 85% to 60% isn't alarming and objectionable.
- mcbruiser3 9y ago
  any system involving humans will be flawed, but I don't think the problems being discussed here are as rampant as some would like to think