Judge Dismisses Lawsuit That Claims Google Paid Female Employees Less Than Male Colleagues (cnn.com)

A California judge has rejected a class action claim against Google for alleged gender inequity. In September, three female Google employees filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming the search giant "engaged in systemic and pervasive pay and promotion discrimination." They sought class action status on behalf of women who have worked at Google in California for the past four years. CNN reports: This week, a judge rejected their request to make the suit a class action. A judge ruled that the class was "overbroad," stating that it "does not purport to distinguish between female employees who may have valid claims against Google based upon its alleged conduct from those who do not." Jim Finberg, the lawyer representing the plaintiffs, said his clients plan to file an amended complaint seeking class action certification. He said it will address the court's ruling and make "clear that Google violates the California Equal Pay Act throughout California and throughout the class period by paying women less than men for substantially equal work in nearly every job classification."

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Re:He's spending his budget. The other boss compet

[ShanghaiBill]

You claim that discrimination is self-correcting, but there is plenty of evidence that it is not. Racial segregation persisted for more than a century in America despite being against the economic interests of its practitioners.

Another example is sexual discrimination in Japan. Men are usually promoted based on seniority rather than competence, while women are generally excluded from the hierarchy. So it is common for a "super secretary" to be actually running the company, while her incompetent boss sits in his office and drinks tea. Some multi-nationals from America and Europe are able to take advantage of the situation by opening branches in Japan and hiring very competent women at bargain salaries. But there is little sign that Japanese companies are willing to change.

Re: #MeeToo Crowd will appeal until

[AmiMoJo]

The research you are thinking of probably doesn't say what you think it says.

The ultimate proof is that in countries that addressed these issues, like Iceland and Norway, the gap went away. All the supposedly biological stuff about girls liking pink dolls and boys liking cars fell away too, especially in maths and engineering. Boys in those countries tend to be better communicators too.

As you say, it's not a conspiracy, it's just unintentional systemic bias.

Re:Do that adjustment, if you want and also the op

[AmiMoJo]

forced diversity has a real cost to our team

Is it diversity, or is that other team just really shit?

You don't say how they added to your team's diversity exactly, but you do explain the toxic Scrum culture and how it caused problems. I don't think the Agile development methodology is related to any particular ethnic, gender or cultural group...

I'm an alpha, dominate personality

Could this be the issue? The "alpha" personality type is insecure (because it is constantly challenged by other alphas and at risk of losing its top dog status) and generally doesn't fit into teams very well.

Most people don't even think of themselves in alpha/beta terms, which are restricting and inflexible.

Re:divide & conquer

[squiggleslash]

An AC writes:

Yeah, just like how you blamed MRAs right before saying that

MRAs are not a men's rights movement in their current form, they're just a bunch of anti-feminists.

An actual men's rights movement would fight toxic assumptions about men and how men should behave, rather than encourage them. An actual men's rights movement would fight for better parental leave for men, not against child support.

The MRA's are a toxic group that's harming, rather than benefiting, men. They're not what AmiMojo or myself are referring to, and if you think they are, you're not paying attention.