Dell Slapped With Class-action Lawsuit for Alleged Discrimination Against Women

[HaZ]

It is nothing new when large entities are a target for something – it happens nearly every day and everyone wants a piece of the pie.

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[Guest]

people are not fired, laid off when they are USEFUL.
since some/most of the affirmative action hiring leaves much to be desired, it is understandable.

 

[Pei-chen]

"Back in May of 2007, Dell...show...employees the door...The plaintiffs claim...they...each lost more than US$1 million...due to Dell’s discrimination."
Are they all VPs that were promoted just to fill quotas?

 

[IH8U]

What Dell needs to do is lay off all the inept people on their Helpless Desk. Can't begin to tell you all how many times I've called about a crashed HDD, or bad PSU, and get "did you try it in a working PC?". My response "the arm is physically striking the platter"(holding phone by the PC). After a while of hearing the tic, tic, tic of the arm they eventually get the idea (10min or so). Or a while of hearing the sounds of a dying PSU fan (squealing)/non functioning PSU (absence of sound). They think a bit, and say "sir we'll send a new one". (Note I hate Dell!)

 

[gm0n3y]

Wow, those are some highly paid Dell employees if they're out $1mill+ for a years work.

 

[Guest]

This is sickening.
They did not do a good job and got laid off.
No one would listen had a guy been in the same situation.
But now unproductive women can call daddy (government) and sue.

It is not enough that women have quotas for hiring, some demand to be accommodated no matter what.

And who's paying for this? Shareholders, for one. But more than that, the other employees who had to pick up the slack from those laid off, whose compensation will be shrunk to pay for these alleged damages in case the suit goes through.

SICKENING!

 

[cal8949]

if they were discriminating against woman then they would have never been hired in the first place,

 

[androticus]

Men and women are different, and as groups, have substantially different interests. Those interested in tech are largely men, and so it should be no surprise that a tech company's upper mgt was predominantly men. Maybe though a lot more women that men seek jobs like assembly line worker in a tech factory. So if there were layoffs, then obviously a lot more women than men would be let go. It is so easy to try to put nefarious spin on this, but it is outrageous to blame Dell for these facts.

 

[JonnyDough]

Despite whatever anyone thinks concerning women's right's movements, there is still more pressure on men to have income. Period. Our grandparents and parents are still from a day when men were expected to work. It hasn't changed for us. The difference now is that women can have jobs too. But if it comes down to any modern day family it's the man that is expected to work. The child support courts see it the same freakin' way. A man is expected to work and provide. If a man is a home-maker (which is actually great because we're not afraid to get dirty and we know how to fix crap and save money by caulking windows and putting up insulation, etc.) then he's considered to be "lazy."

So cry me a river if women can't find jobs. Men HAVE to have jobs or solid women won't look twice at us, the court system will look down on us, and our parents will call us worthless. If a woman marries a guy with money and stays at home it's still perfectly acceptable.

Signed,

~ A dad for equal PERCEPTION.

 

[Guest]

This is absolutely fabulous!
I,too, want a job where I work poorly, get laid off,
and then sue the company for a thousand times more
the money than I would have gotten had I kept on
working.
These people know how to work the system..

 

[JonnyDough]

Yes jacued...it's CALIFORNIA. Dirty business abounds.

 

[WheelsOfConfusion]

Everyone is assuming they're doing poorly at their jobs. Why is that?

 

[Pei-chen]

[citation][nom]WheelsOfConfusion[/nom]Everyone is assuming they're doing poorly at their jobs. Why is that? [/citation]
They were layoff while others still have their jobs.

 

[WheelsOfConfusion]

[citation][nom]Pei-chen[/nom]They were layoff while others still have their jobs.[/citation]
Which automatically means there was no inappropriate discrimination?

 

[p05esto]

I've never seen a woman as productive and work as hard as the men around them, there's a reason they get paid less. I'm sure there are exceptions, but numbers don't lie. NOt trying to be sexist either, women are not as strong and don't have the endurance of men... not even close, no way.