Re:Heath and Fillekes v. Google Inc. Lawsuit
by fjdlwlv on Thursday January 05, 2017 @12:00PM
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Google will hire loads of young / inexperienced people at non-senior, let them work for 8-10 years (exceeding level expectations but not getting to senior level), and then let them wash out to a competitor or startup.
But they won't hire someone with 15-20 years of experience as non-senior, and let them do the same. Because of demonstrated trajectory and the belief that a company only needs leaders and future leaders (see also: why Google has so much trouble polishing maintaining products, polish and maintenance requires non-senior-level elbow grease)
Yes, is because if uncertainty, but it has a disparate impact on older/experienced people.
It's not explicit ageism no, but of courses committees arnet explicitly racist and sexist either, yet Google has no problem admiting there is an implicit problem there.
But they won't hire someone with 15-20 years of experience as non-senior, and let them do the same. Because of demonstrated trajectory and the belief that a company only needs leaders and future leaders (see also: why Google has so much trouble polishing maintaining products, polish and maintenance requires non-senior-level elbow grease)
Yes, is because if uncertainty, but it has a disparate impact on older/experienced people.
It's not explicit ageism no, but of courses committees arnet explicitly racist and sexist either, yet Google has no problem admiting there is an implicit problem there.