10 September, 2016

Silicon's Valley's Brutal Ageism | New Republic

Silicon's Valley's Brutal Ageism | New Republic: "In 1999, a consultant named Freada Klein began a five-year “quality of work” study of 22 start-ups, whose employees she anonymously surveyed on a regular basis. Though Klein found that few of the companies copped to overt discrimination, many confessed to having elaborate points-based systems for evaluating job candidates, in which they deducted points for being married, having kids, and living in the suburbs. The older candidates were quite literally being held to a higher standard.

"



'via Blog this'