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I knew a guy who was laid off from IBM specifically for being older, which came out years later as part of the class action lawsuit...
by datadrivenangel 3y ago
I knew a guy who was laid off from IBM specifically for being older, which came out years later as part of the class action lawsuit...
- jmspring 3y agoThere is a former column that was under multiple writers (same name), that did a great expose on IBM and age discrimination, but I don't want to give said column their due since the columnist had other issues.
- prewett 3y agoIf it's really their due, you should give it to them. This value system where you have to punish people if they don't have the "right" views needs to stop. Would you like someone to do that to you? If they did good work, it doesn't get infected by whatever "issues" they had.
- dullcrisp 3y agoLike Bourbaki? Or they all happened to share a name?
- jmspring 3y agoHere is one such article - https://www.cringely.com/2016/04/06/is-ibm-guilty-of-age-discrimination-part-2/ https://www.cringely.com/2016/04/06/is-ibm-guilty-of-age-dis...