“Old guy” gets the boot at Google
Ummm… say what?! This is interesting…
A state appeals court reinstated a fired manager’s age-discrimination suit against Google Inc. on Thursday, saying a jury should hear his evidence that a supervisor told him that his ideas were “too old to matter” and that the giant search engine company gave its older employees lower ratings and lesser bonuses.
The Sixth District Court of Appeal in San Jose overturned a Santa Clara County judge’s dismissal of a damage suit by Brian Reid, who was hired by the Mountain View firm in 2002 as director of operations and director of engineering. He was demoted in October 2003 and fired in February 2004, at age 54.
According to published reports, the firing cost Reid not only his salary of $200,000 a year but also stock options worth as much as $10 million.
Reid, a former electrical engineering professor at Stanford, was given a glowing review by Google’s vice president of engineering in his only written evaluation. But the same executive, Wayne Rosing, told Reid when he was fired that he was not a “cultural fit” for the company, the court said.
READ: ‘Old guy’ gets another chance in Google age-discrimination suit
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