Lawsuit: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer led illegal purge of male workers

Post by yuhong » Sat, Oct 08, 2016, 1:02 AM UTC

int_19h wrote: post #357

int_19h wrote: post #355

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let me clarify that. I don't actually particularly care about whether the boycott would work or not, in a sense of preventing the affected company from hiring more people. What I care about is remedying the material harm that is caused to people discriminated against. If you are looking for a job, and they tell you that you needn't apply because of your race/gender/..., but there are thousands more equivalent jobs in…

It gets a bit tricky. The problem is that a lot of this kind of stuff is really pervasive, but there's no conscious collusion. Things like "women are just not as good at tech" become pervasive cultural stereotypes, and employers apply them subconsciously, with the result being widespread discrimination that is obvious in aggregated data, but not necessarily in any individual case. So the kind of analysis that's neces…

Post by Buge » Sat, Oct 08, 2016, 2:46 AM UTC

blazespin wrote: post #30

pcurve wrote: post #20

“..less than 20 percent female. Within a year and a half those top managers were more than 80 percent female,” Even if they were not deliberate about it, they must have talked about how this might be perceived by employees. As bad as this issue is, I think hiring friend/referral/former colleague, especially en mass is much bigger issue that's rarely talked about because it's not necessarily illegal. However, I cannot…

I am OK with this. What annoys me is the discrimination against non asians happening in the valley these days. I mean, gee wilikers.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Oct 08, 2016, 3:10 AM UTC

gaius wrote: post #148

fenomas wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yahoo services (like the core branded stuff, not Flickr etc.) are still really popular here in Japan. News/entertainment content, and yahoo shopping all seem to be well-liked. I don't know any numbers but I wouldn't be surprised if it leads gmail as an email provider.

Yahoo Japan is a separate entity.

Post by twblalock » Sat, Oct 08, 2016, 4:11 AM UTC

skuhn wrote: post #81

twblalock wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

VPNs are used for a lot more than checking email. They are used to access source control, build/CI systems, QA servers, etc.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if the data Marissa looked at was skewed because the corporate Yahoo VPN was atrociously terrible. People who routinely worked outside of the office, or just wanted to be able to read their e-mail at home without the VPN client randomly panicing their system, had devised various workarounds to get things done. The corporate VPN is distinct from production, so you could still do actual w…

Post by gspetr » Sat, Oct 08, 2016, 6:53 AM UTC

to3m wrote: post #360

gspetr wrote: post #330

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yet people spend time leaving comments like your grandparent, deliberately virtue signaling. I can bet dollars to doughnuts that if someone said "Whites" he would not have left a comment "More white people".

1. It was 3 words... trust me, it didn't take long to write 2. The comment would be "More white people " - note the emphasis, it's kind of the key thing 3. I always heard virtue was a good thing. And here I am displaying it, you say. With you... in opposition? But, please, do what you think best.