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Google Hit With Gender Pay Discrimination Lawsuit (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on from the fighting-back dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Three female former Google employees have filed a lawsuit against the search giant alleging gender-based pay discrimination, as the Associated Press reported. The former employees, Kelly Ellis, Holly Pease and Kelli Wisuri, all left the company after being put on career paths within the company that they say would pay them less than their male counterparts.

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  1. I shed no tears... by sinij · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It will be absolutely hilarious to watch Google defend against this in courts. After all, we all got the memo that victim-blaming and perpetuating gender stereotypes goes against Google's core values.

    /popcorn

    1. Re:I shed no tears... by bsolar · · Score: 4, Interesting

      What he's saying is that Google will be likely accused of victim-blaming and perpetuating gender stereotypes no matter which kind of arguments they will use to defend themselves, even if those arguments are actually correct and show no pay discrimination took place.

  2. it was inevitable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Once Google denied that their gender gap could possibly be caused by any non-discriminatory factors, all you are left with is discrimination.

    This is only the beginning. Class-action suits will soon follow and the statements of top Google executives in response to the Damore memo have painted Google into a corner.

    To echo other posters, couldn't happen to a nicer company.

  3. Not Pay Discrimination? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The former employees, Kelly Ellis, Holly Pease and Kelli Wisuri, all left the company after being put on career paths within the company that they say would pay them less than their male counterparts.

    Let me get this straight. They aren't suing because they were being paid less, they're suing because in the future they might've been paid less?

  4. You made your bed Google... by Derekloffin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    At one time I might have put up a defense for them, but not anymore. Far too much BS coming out of Google these days, and they good and cleanly shot themselves in both their feet with the Memo fiasco.