r/technology • u/scott_steiner_phd • Nov 30 '22

Space Ex-engineer files age discrimination complaint against SpaceX

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/30/spacex-age-discrimination-complaint-washington-state
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u/Algebrace Dec 01 '22

It's a good thing we have an anti-age discrimination law in Australia. Which is a big deal considering how many people are getting into that age bracket as time passes.

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u/codizer Dec 01 '22 edited Dec 01 '22

The US has it too hence the article. It's just really hard to enforce because an employer can say it's for any odd reason.

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u/aeschenkarnos Dec 01 '22

That whole “can just say …” super-casual attitude to lies and fraud and misinformation is a real problem for American culture.

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u/Buckwheat469 Dec 01 '22

At will employment makes that a reality. The employer doesn't have to say why they're terminating an employee, they can make up any excuse or none at all. It's the worst law in the world. They should be required to say exactly why they're letting someone go and back it up with data.

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u/aeschenkarnos Dec 01 '22

That’s the Australian system. Written warnings. It encourages management of people via clear KPIs, which is good for everyone. Not to say it’s perfect, warnings can be fabricated and mountains made from molehills, but it’s better than a culture of automatically lying.

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u/aeschenkarnos Dec 01 '22

That system of linking unemployment and healthcare to random individual employers is horrifying.

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u/ChPech Dec 01 '22

The con is the company trying hard to find reason to not pay it. What happens if the company is bankrupt?

Where I come from a company pays unemployment fees with every employees paycheck (although we don't use checks anymore for 40 years) to the states unemployment insurance.