Dozens Of Women Are Considering A Class-Action Sexism Lawsuit Against Google

Google is under fire for firing software engineer James Damore. If you recall, he wrote and circulated an internal memo, in which he slams Google’s “politically correct monoculture,” drops some truth bombs on the biological differences between men and women and floats non-biased based reasons for the supposed gender wage gap.

Obviously, that’s sexist. How DARE you question Google’s devotion to diversity! You’re fired, you right-wing weirdo. (I have no idea if this guy is actually right wing. All I know his, he has a pretty good grip on common sense.)

As a result of the memo, a bunch of emotional female Google employees stayed home from work because they were emotional over a memo that claimed that women are more emotional.

Word has it some of these women want to take it a step further. According to this, a combination of former and current female Google employees (the number was around 60, the last I heard) are thinking about filing a class-action lawsuit against Google, “alleging sexism and pay disparities against women.”

How embarrassing is that for Google? The company that SWEARS it’s all about diiiiiiversity and definitely not sexist might be sued by a bunch of female employees for being sexist.

James Finberg, the civil rights attorney working on the possible legal action on behalf of the female employees, told the Guardian they contend they have earned less than men at Google despite equal qualifications and comparable positions.

 

Others, he said, have struggled in other ways to advance their careers at Google due to a “culture that is hostile to women”.

Google denies those claims.

Google is vehemently denying that its salaries are discriminatory. However, Finberg, who said he had interviewed about half of the 60 women who may be part of his lawsuit, said their testimony indicated there were clear disparities and prejudices that hurt women at the Mountain View company.

 

“They are concerned that women are channeled to levels and positions that pay less than men with similar education and experience,” Finberg said. Despite similar positions and qualifications, he said, some women said they made less than male counterparts in salaries, bonuses and stock options.

 

Several women he interviewed have said they make about $40,000 less than male colleagues doing the same work, with one woman saying she makes two-thirds of a male peer’s salary.

Get the popcorn handy. We’ll be following this one.