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Google has a history of age discrimination and losing in court, going back to the founders of the company. See Reid v Google where Brian Reid, a key developer
by zippy 7y ago
Google has a history of age discrimination and losing in court, going back to the founders of the company.
See Reid v Google where Brian Reid, a key developer of the tech we use, was told his ideas "were too old to matter" and that he was an "old fuddy duddy."
Google fought it and lost.
https://www.law.com/therecorder/almID/1202464321723/?slreturn=20190622134543 https://www.law.com/therecorder/almID/1202464321723/?slretur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Reid_(computer_scientist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Reid_(computer_scientist...
- pmiller2 7y agoReid v. Google was settled out of court in 2012 for an undisclosed amount.
- zippy 7y agoyes and no. they lost on appeal to the state supreme court on whether evidence about age bias could be used in the lawsuit. then they settled.
- rasz 7y ago>Google fought it and lost. "The case was settled out of court", settlement is not a loss, its being allowed to sweep your dirty deeds under the rug with no consequences.