Former Yahoo Employee Challenges the Legality of Yahoo's Ranking System (nytimes.com)

Posted by timothy on Monday February 1, 2016 @09:27AM from the this-isn't-Nam-smokey-there-are-rules dept.

whoever57 writes: A former employee of Yahoo is challenging Yahoo's performance review and termination process. The ranking system was introduced to Yahoo by Ms. Mayer on the recommendation of management consultants McKinsey & Co.. Gregory Anderson, an editor who oversaw Yahoo's autos, homes, shopping, small business and travel sites in Sunnyvale, Calif. is claiming that the ranking and termination process was flawed to the extent that the terminations were not based on performance and hence constitute mass layoffs, which require notice periods under both California and Federal law. He is also alleging gender discrimination, under which women were given preferential treatment over men in the hiring, promotions and layoff processes.

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Re:Clarity in the title might have helped. by __aaclcg7560 · 2016-02-01 09:36 · Score: 4, Funny

You know... it being a search engine company and all.
A shareholder activist is demanding that Yahoo get rid of its board of directors and sell the search engine to focus the core business on... something else.
Re:Clarity in the title might have helped. by FatdogHaiku · 2016-02-01 10:14 · Score: 3, Funny

You know... it being a search engine company and all.
A shareholder activist is demanding that Yahoo get rid of its board of directors and sell the search engine to focus the core business on... something else.
The navel lint classification field seems to be wide open...
OK, I'll admit the uses for such information are a little fuzzy...

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