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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:B-But Muh Talent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    WTF.
    where I'm at the practice is even better. Employees get the salary they negotiate. PERIOD. So there are some old guys (experienced but not very experienced negotiators ) that have lower salaries than some new guys (aggressive negotiators with far less skills) .
    Moral of the story. Better get the negotiation skills ... they are worth more than tech skills.

  2. Re:Shocking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Cripes! Enough with the mono pimping already!

    Microsoft hasn't gone ape over mono because mono simply hasn't gained enough traction to care. But you keep on selling mono and see how it turns out when the 'real world' comes to depend on it.

    Endorsed by Microsoft my ass...