by Brenna Johnson | Jun 22, 2018 | discrimination, gender gap, gender wage gap, lawsuits
Former partner Wendy Moore sued law firm Jones Day this week for gender discrimination. Moore’s lawsuit alleges that she was fired for complaining about the law firm’s gender bias and for criticizing the company’s “black box” compensation system, which prevents...
by Brenna Johnson | Aug 9, 2017 | gender gap, taking a stand, women's rights
On Monday we posted a blog exploring gender inequity in tech jobs in the Silicon Valley. On Tuesday, we learned that Google software engineer James Damore had created a new Silicon Valley firestorm with his 10-page internal memo. The 10-page memo,...
by Brenna Johnson | Aug 7, 2017 | discrimination, discrimination and harassment, gender gap, women's rights
Silicon Valley has been taking a lot of heat in recent months for its treatment of women in technology. Gender discrimination is apparently so ingrained there that an Uber hiring manager had this to say to a prospective female employee whom the hiring manager – a...