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US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed

Posted by Unknown on from the should-have-accepted-salary-in-beans dept.

itwbennett writes "Brenda Koehler is a VMware-certified professional network engineer with a master's degree in information systems and 17 years of experience. You might think that would qualify her for a lead VMware/Windows administrator, but Indian outsourcing firm Infosys apparently didn't. And Koehler has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that Infosys ignored her qualifications and eventually hired a Bangladeshi worker to staff a position she was qualified for. Koehler and her lawyers are asking the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin to allow a class-action lawsuit against Infosys, with 'thousands' of potential plaintiffs in the case, according to the lawsuit, filed Thursday."

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  1. Re:Master's degree in information systems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If you honestly think that a Bangladeshi is better than a native White American, you're fucking retarded.

    I've been unfortunate enough to deal with the clusterfuck that is working with South Asians. Every fucking time, the project was a disaster.

  2. Re:Basis for discrimination by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    National Origin is the claim. And yes, discrimination must be proved

    In the United States of Politically Correct America, it is very hard to prove reverse discrimination - it is always the Whites discriminating against the non-White, and judges and juries will always side with the non-White in discriminatory lawsuits

    What makes this case a little bit more interesting is that the plaintiff is a female - and if that Bangladeshi worker happens to be a male, then that's a plus for the plaintiff

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  3. Re:Basis for discrimination by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, like the Prez would never overrule a government agency to favour Apple over Samsung...

  4. Re:Basis for discrimination by AK+Marc · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    In the United States of Politically Correct America, it is very hard to prove reverse discrimination - it is always the Whites discriminating against the non-White, and judges and juries will always side with the non-White in discriminatory lawsuits

    Yes, and the children always go with the unemployed moms, who then live off the excessive child support.

    Poor middle-class white man, has it worse than anyone.

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