Google's ex-employees file lawsuit over gender discrimination

Seems like Google is in trouble because of its sexist culture and gender discrimination.

Three of Google’s former women employees have filed a lawsuit against the tech giant for alleged gender-based discrimination and pay gap.

The lawsuit that was filed by Kelli Wisuri, Holly Pease and Kelly Ellis, says that Google systematically pays women employees lower compensation and ranks women in those departments with jobs that contain less chances of moving up in rank.

The initial stages of the review also found that women earned less than men in almost every job classification at the company. On the other hand, Google denied the accusations.

One of the three employees Kelly Ellis worked for four years in the organization as a software engineer but, was positioned into ‘Level 3 on her compensation ladder’, a level specified for fresh college graduates. Male engineers with the same experience were paid higher and were also placed on higher levels whereas, Kelly was denied a promotion regardless of outstanding performance reviews.  As a result, Kelly resigned from the company in July 2014, reported Tech Juice.

Kelly said, “I have come forward to correct a pervasive problem of gender bias at Google. It is time to stop ignoring these issues in tech.”

 

My hopes for the Google suit: to force not only Google, but other companies to change their practices and compensate EVERYONE fairly.

— Kelly Ellis (@justkelly_ok) September 14, 2017

Also, NY Times acquired a spreadsheet that was proof that there is a gender pay gap at Google. However, Google argued against the spreadsheet report.

On the contrary, Google spokeswoman Gina Scigliano said that the company will review the lawsuit in detail, “but we disagree with the central allegation,” wrote Phys.org.