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This may not have been a violation. Age discrimination is only illegal if the person is over 40. You could easily be “culture fitted out” for being mid-thirties
by mdorazio 5y ago
This may not have been a violation. Age discrimination is only illegal if the person is over 40. You could easily be “culture fitted out” for being mid-thirties when everyone at a startup is early to mid twenties. And yes, it really is that bad in SV (or at least was pre-COVID, not sure if anything has really changed).
- northwest65 5y ago> Age discrimination is only illegal if the person is over 40. Sarcasm?
- meowster 5y agoNo, the law has a lower bound, and it's 40.
- northwest65 5y agoFascinating; do you know what the logic was behind that?
- lovich 5y agoThe people with political power at the time were over 40 or expected to be discriminated against when they passed that age
- paulddraper 5y agoNo, fact.
- oh_sigh 5y agoThat's federal - some states have laws protecting people less than 40 as well. Also, fun fact, but reverse age discrimination is 100% legal in every state. It's entirely legal to say "We gave X the job because he is 55 and you're only 45", but it is illegal to say "We gave X the job because he is only 45 and you're 55"