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VR Company Upload Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit (techcrunch.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Upload, formerly UploadVR, the virtual reality startup at the center of a sexual harassment and wrongful termination lawsuit filed earlier this year, has settled the case with its former employee and is aiming to put the ensuing damage behind it. The lawsuit, filed against the startup and its co-founders by former director of digital and social media Elizabeth Scott, alleged that the company had sought to create a "boy's club" environment and described "rampant" sexual behavior in the office, allegations that co-founders Will Mason and Taylor Freeman denied as "entirely without merit." The lawsuit is now over, according to people familiar with the matter, and though the terms of the agreement were undisclosed, some in the virtual reality community feel that the company has dodged a bullet in reaching some conclusion over the litigation.
"The matter has been concluded," was Upload's official statement. Neither Scott, nor her legal counsel, responded to a request for comment for this story. Upload has also released the following statement around the conclusion of the legal case. "Our primary focus at Upload is education, which we believe is the key to growing the mixed reality ecosystem. We are deeply committed to creating an inclusive community to empower the pioneers building the future."
"The matter has been concluded," was Upload's official statement. Neither Scott, nor her legal counsel, responded to a request for comment for this story. Upload has also released the following statement around the conclusion of the legal case. "Our primary focus at Upload is education, which we believe is the key to growing the mixed reality ecosystem. We are deeply committed to creating an inclusive community to empower the pioneers building the future."
But what does this have to do with women in tech, or even technology? Why is this crap on Slashdot?
The suit was settled By uploading hundreds of thousands of dollars into Elizabeth Scott's bank account.
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Every single "point" is a strawman.
"His name was James Damore."
They're settled, not litigated. No company's legal team is crazy enough to go to trial on something like this. Especially when it's VC money, they'll just peel off a couple million and throw it at the problem. It sure beats having your company dragged in front of the world every time a new court date comes up in a case that could last years. Large, established companies do this too. It's cheaper for GM to pay a huge settlement and fine than risk damaging their brand over a faulty ignition switch -- especially when you have an admissible e-mail that has an engineer describing the design flaw and expressing concern. (link)
People who file founded lawsuits like this should get settlements. They're totally done career-wise in the startup spectrum, and even established companies might consider her too radioactive... Most lawsuit settlements of this size can allow you to live out your life assuming you can invest carefully. Since neither side is talking about it, I'm assuming it's a big number and she signed a deal saying she would never speak of it again.
You're confusing what people say with what they do. Some of the most ardent SJWs are young, wealthy, successful, male progressives in San Francisco, and many of the same group are also lewd
Some people with opinions I don't like live in San Fransisco. Some jerks live in San Fransisco. Ergo everyone in San Fransisco is a jerk.
QED
Checkmake SJWs!
and promiscuous
Promiscuous. adj. nature of a person that is is hateful by reason of having more sex than me and I'm totally not jealous.
I suspect that if you did a survey, you'd find that the vast majority of techies accused of sexual harassment are Democrats and Hillary voters.
Well, if you can't find evidence, just make stuff up.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
The term is Beta Males.
Humans aren't gorillas or captive wolves.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
Most lawsuit settlements of this size can allow you to live out your life assuming you can invest carefully.
Meaning there is some pretty serious incentive to file a lawsuit and squeeze out a settlement because as you said, no company's legal team is crazy enough to go to trial on this issue.
This just means in the fabricated case the employer gets fucked and in the genuine case everybody wins and nobody loses, the perpetrators of this behaviour should lose and there's no reason that just because something bad happened to you you are entitled to profit from it.
Of course companies are going to be skeptical about hiring somebody who filed a lawsuit with a massive financial incentive to do so and then took it and shut up while the perpetrators just carry on. As an employer would you not be wary of such a scenario? Forget taking money and instead stand up for principle and take it to trial to make sure the perpetrators of this behaviour are brought to justice...but the culture is just money money money and so long as you get a payout nothing else matters.
Look, ErichTheRed made the claim that "SJWs" are the only ones who "can act normally around the opposite sex". And, of course, it's obviously false, since there are plenty of non-SJWs who "can act normally around the opposite sex".
No, it's trivially true because that's the definition of "SJW".
Or are you using the other definition of "someone I don't like and by the way I'm a fuckwit"?
SJW n. One who posts facts.
The definition of a "SWJ" is someone who advocates social justice, not someone who realizes social justice in their own lives.
No, the definition of SJW is "evil boogeymen" with a side order of "I'm a fuckwit".
SJW n. One who posts facts.
Yep...I gotta admit, if I had tits, I'd be tempted to try to hit pay dirt like this....dangling that type of money in front of someone is very difficult to resist.
One settlement, set for life....
"Yes your honor, he grabbed my ass, and I'm devastated and can no longer work....."
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
I would posit that many of the men being taken to court ARE the ones that are acting "normally" around women.
They are acting like men have since the world began, with regards to the sexual game.
The ones with inhibited behavior, are not the norm, but they also don't get sued in todays system.
Again, this isn't all or nothing and I'm not speaking to the extremes on either side, but aggressiveness and the sexual hunt for women is natural for men, and walking through a certain set of doors of a building don't turn off what nature has set up for us as far as behavior and desire.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........