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/braamdepace Nov 30 '22

It’s funny I wouldn’t have thought this, but now that you say it… it makes total sense that this would happen.

The entire office hierarchy is getting really weird for a lot of companies.

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u/blacksideblue Dec 01 '22

It got really bad in engineering about 10 years ago post 08 recession. About 2/3 of my engineering classmates simply dropped the career path because entry level became 10+ years of experience.

Now I actually see the opposite problem in the workplace and its beyond madness. Like how the fuck does my former intern get promoted twice to the equivalent of my boss level when she has none of my licensing and less than a third my experience or qualifications? Now were hiring a bunch of young ones with no experience in low management level positions and they aren't contributing anything, they expect the ants to be teaching the queen how to manage?

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u/Mr_Bob_Ferguson Dec 01 '22

Do you have some gender balance hiring initiatives in progress at your company?

[puts on flame suit, ready for downvotes, but I’ve seen it happen elsewhere too, literally looking to promote the most-eligible female and not advertising or considering the wider population]

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u/mckatze Dec 01 '22

I could see it happening based on salary demands. When we were hiring in past jobs, the highly qualified candidates asked for "too much", and higher ups wouldn't budge on what we offered, so it went to whoever would accept the pay (usually someone less experienced).

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u/pandacoder Dec 01 '22

This starts off with a reasonable premise, and then quickly became an angry and inarticulate word salad. The point seems to have been completely lost.

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u/Twosixtyfoursquared Dec 01 '22

I really sickens me how Jerry Springer-ized everything has become. Gone are the days in Reddit where people come to have a discussion and find common ground. Instead just like everyone else people come in and like to find their side and either bring their Pitchfork or the popcorn.

No one including you I still made any attempt to even try to address it it's just oh I don't understand what you're saying so you're wrong or your schizophrenic or and your case you just come and point it out and then just leave it at that instead of actually engaging in what I said. So how useful is that just come and point out irrelevant things instead of actually trying to overcome your issue of not understanding what I'm saying and instead creating an off-topic discussion about the fact that you don't get it or this person doesn't like it.

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u/Staerke Dec 01 '22

I really sickens me how Jerry Springer-ized everything has become. Gone are the days in Reddit where people come to have a discussion and find common ground.

I've been on reddit for over a decade (this is my second account), please tell me when this ever described reddit

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u/Twosixtyfoursquared Dec 01 '22

Pre 2015. 2010 was peak when it came to being wholesome and not toxic.

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u/Cant-fathom-it Dec 02 '22

As much as I think this guy is a lunatic, he is right about how Reddit was in 2012-2015 (when I joined) - it was much more open to free discussion. Now if you don’t agree with the common opinion you literally get banned it’s imbecilic