Yes, in many incidences finding another job is not impacted. But if you are in a city with only a handful of tech start ups then chances are you won't work for

Yes, in many incidences finding another job is not impacted. But if you are in a city with only a handful of tech start ups then chances are you won't work for another one any time soon. I imagine more HN readers work at tech start-ups than hospitals. As for winning cases and payout sums: your anecdotal data point is your sister. My source is the EEOC. Each field offices investigates hundreds of claims per year but only a few are accepted. The odds of an individual claim being winnable is small. Winning half a million dollars also sounds made up. According to the legal award limits it is not possible. Then again IANAL. http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/remedies.cfm http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/remedies.cfm