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Lawsuit: Oracle Called $50K 'Good Money For an Indian'

Posted by timothy on from the cue-the-h1bigots dept.

jfruh writes "A former Oracle sales manager is suing the database company for what he called racially discriminatory salary-setting practices. Ian Spandow wanted to transfer a high-performing salesman from Oracle's India office to California. When he requested a salary of $60,000 a year or more for the employee, equivalent to what his white American counterparts received, he was told instead to offer $50,000, which was 'good money for an Indian.' When Spandow protested, he was himself summarily fired."

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  1. Re:Shocking by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Umm... I don't think Boycott is what you think it is.
    You really don't need to be justified to boycott a product/company. You can do it whenever you really want.

    Besides no matter how bad Oracle gets, if your Boss says use this Oracle product or your fired, then you will probably be a little less outraged.

    Now this if proven true in court, could be justifiable for Oracle workers to unionize and strike.

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  2. Re:Oracle is not a person by biodata · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If a company is not a person, how do they have any rights?

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