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This appears to be the initial complaint, from 2018: https://regmedia.co.uk/2018/09/17/ibmdiscriminationsuit917.pdf https://regmedia.co.uk/2018/09/17/ibmdiscrim

by btown 8y ago

This appears to be the initial complaint, from 2018: https://regmedia.co.uk/2018/09/17/ibmdiscriminationsuit917.pdf https://regmedia.co.uk/2018/09/17/ibmdiscriminationsuit917.p... On the surface, allowing recent hires to be exempt from performance-based layoff programs isn't particularly unethical, as they may still be ramping up. It certainly seems like there's substance here, though, beyond just "think like a millennial" or "give recent hires a chance" rhetoric. Will be interesting to follow. It's essential to our entire industry that lawsuits like this draw lines in the sand - we're all in danger as we age if big tech can get away with age discrimination.

around_here 8y ago
It's generally very difficult to get younger STEM people on board with this. They often believe themselves to be different or just straight up better than their predecessors. For them, it doesn't matter because they're clearing not going to be ousted, or are so short sighted that they believe it won't matter if/when it happens to them.