Female Google engineer sued the company for gender discrimination and received $1.15 million in compensation

According to news from this site on October 22, a Google Cloud Computing Engineering Director accused Google of gender discrimination against her and retaliation after she protested. As a result, she received more than $1 million in compensation.

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According to the Bloomberg Law website, the director’s name is Ulku Roy. Rowe, who alleges that when Google hired her in 2017, it placed her in a position one level below and with a lower salary than less experienced male colleagues hired at the same time. She also claims she once missed out on a promotion because of a male colleague who was less qualified than her.

Last Friday, a jury in New York ruled that Google did engage in gender-based discrimination and ordered Google to pay Roy a penalty of US$1.15 million (note on this site: currently about 8.418 million yuan) Sexual compensation and mental damages. Roy had 23 years of experience when she joined Google, and the lawsuit alleges that Google deliberately underpaid her when hiring her, keeping her pay well below what her male colleagues were making.

Nearly five years ago, about 20,000 Google employees organized a walkout to demand changes in the company's handling of sexual harassment and discrimination. While the company has promised to do better on sexual harassment, its response to discrimination still leaves a lot to be desired. Roy's lawsuit is the first such case Google has faced since the protests, according to Bloomberg Law.

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