Twitter Becomes the Latest Tech Giant Sued for Gender Discrimination
#SexualDiscrimination much?
Just when you thought Twitter might fly away from workplace lawsuits in the workplace comes a summons to San Francisco…
Reuters reports that a former (female) Twitter software engineer has filed a proposed class action suit claiming that the company’s “black box” promotion process unlawfully favors men.
The allegation is hardly a shock: take this 2013 VentureBeat story or this one, published in Wired in 2014. Sexism is alive and (downloaded) well within the tech industry.
Tina Huang, who according to her LinkedIn profile worked at Twitter between October 2009 and June 2014 on the mobile and developer productivity teams, filed the suit last Thursday in California state court.
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