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posted by Fnord666 on Monday April 10 2017, @07:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-doll-house dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Google has discriminated against its female employees, according to the US Department of Labor (DoL), which said it had evidence of "systemic compensation disparities".

As part of an ongoing DoL investigation, the government has collected information that suggests the internet search giant is violating federal employment laws with its salaries for women, agency officials said.

"We found systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce," Janette Wipper, a DoL regional director, testified in court in San Francisco on Friday.

Reached for comment Friday afternoon, Janet Herold, regional solicitor for the DoL, said: "The investigation is not complete, but at this point the department has received compelling evidence of very significant discrimination against women in the most common positions at Google headquarters."

Herold added: "The government's analysis at this point indicates that discrimination against women in Google is quite extreme, even in this industry."

Google strongly denied the accusations of inequities, claiming it did not have a gender pay gap.

Source: The Guardian


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @01:39AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @01:39AM (#492061)

    If you give promotions to females just because they are females in order for the org to balance the genders, then frustrated males will leave the company for better opportunities.

    And if you give promotions to males just because men are judged on their wallets, then frustrated females will seek enough political power to stop you from pulling that shit in the future.

    I guess that's the difference between men and women, the men just give up and run away while the women do something about the problem.

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday April 11 2017, @03:02AM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 11 2017, @03:02AM (#492100) Journal

    You're high, right?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @05:20PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @05:20PM (#492368)

      I guess that's the difference between men and women, the men just give up and run away while the women do something about the problem.

      You're high, right?

      Username checks out!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @11:12PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @11:12PM (#492517)

        Serious question: what point are you trying to make by attempting to mock someone's username in relation to their post? Usernames are chosen by the poster, so they're highly likely to be comfortable with the name they chose.

        Without your answer, all I can divine from your attempt is a "your dumb!" retort.

  • (Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Tuesday April 11 2017, @10:36AM (2 children)

    by Rivenaleem (3400) on Tuesday April 11 2017, @10:36AM (#492209)

    Wait, isn't there a gender pay gap specifically because women have not done something about the problem?

    • (Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday April 11 2017, @01:57PM

      by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Tuesday April 11 2017, @01:57PM (#492254) Journal

      Why would women want to do anything about this “problem?”

      They certainly would not want the deal given to men: figure it out or starve to death in a gutter, I don't care how, and fuck you.

      Nobody has a problem with men starving to death. Men are accountable for their own actions. If a man doesn't like his station in life, we tell him he can either STFU or work “harder.”

      Everybody wants to coddle women. Women are not accountable for their own actions. If a woman doesn't like her station in life, it's everybody's fault except for hers, and it's everybody's responsibility to do something about it except hers.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @05:18PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @05:18PM (#492365)

      Wait, isn't there a gender pay gap specifically because women have not done something about the problem?

      I don't know if you are joking or actually think that's an even remotely serious counter-argument.
      But the gender pay gap has been massively reduced over the last 35 years. [pay-equity.org]
      In 1980 women made 60% of what men made, today its nearly 80%.
      That is the result of women working to fix the problem.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @06:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @06:02PM (#492386)

    What? Where did I say "just because"? I do believe the average male will work harder on getting a promotion because society pressures them to get a promotion and earn more. It's not about one gender being better than another.

    The flip side is that on average females work much harder on their appearance than males because that's how society judges them. I'm just the messenger; I didn't make society.