[ale] Sun Sued over H-1B's

[hbbs at attbi.com]

I hve a problem with this comment on its face.

First, any hiring manager or HR person who cited age or gender as a reason for
not hiring someone would be beyond foolish, as it's my understanding that such
statements would be actionable.  What you were were told is an *opinion* based
on her own biases.

There are *all kinds* of reasons that a given person, regardless of experience
or ability, may have trouble getting (I refuse to say "cannot get") an IT job. 
Even if he/she is bloody brilliant and a quick study, IT job announcements are
often so heavily stovepiped (i.e., 5+ years in COBOL development, Cisco router
administration, and Informix on RS/6000 with a MCSE) that that person often
won't even have his/her resume fully read.  The reasons do not matter.  What
does matter is that one must continue to look!

- Jeff
> i think he was laid off because of his age.... Which is not good. Last
> weekend i spoke with one lady. She is in her 40s. She said she can't get an
> IT job because of here age and sex. Companies just don't want to hire her.
> ...
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim [mailto:jcphil at mindspring.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 12:36 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: [ale] Sun Sued over H-1B's
> > 
> > 
> > It finally happened. A worker laid ooff from Sun is suing 
> > them, because he 
> > says they favor younger, lower paid, Indian programmers over 
> > Americans. I 
> > think we will all be interested to see how this one comes out.
> > 
> > http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/077/business/Suit_Sun_fired_
> > US_workers_to_hire_lower_paid_Indians+.shtml
> > 
> > If the link is too long, Slashdot has a link to the story too.
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