‘Dinobabies’ Extinction at IBM: Inhumane Treatment of Elderly (Experienced) Workers
Background
- IBM and Subsidiaries Sued for Ageism (Not Just for Racism)
- Racism, Ageism, and Ableism at IBM/Red Hat and Kyndryl
- Making ‘Dinobabies’ Extinct: IBM’s Push for a Younger Work Force
- Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM
- EEOC Finding Of Age Discrimination Against IBM Signals New Requisite For Diversity, Equity And Inclusion
- Judge upholds IBM workers' arbitration pacts in age bias litigation
IBM is in the headlines again this week. And yes, it's about age-based discrimination:
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IBM Canada can't duck channel exec's systematic age discrimination claim
Three years ago, Bruce Maule, worldwide president of channel marketing at IBM, was informed by bosses that his position was being eliminated.
But allegedly the position wasn't eliminated. "When IBM fired me, their stated reason was that they were reducing headcount, but they actually replaced me with a younger employee," Maule told The Register this week.
Since 1997, Maule, an employee of IBM Canada, had been working out of New York in the United States, because that's where Big Blue's worldwide jobs like his were based.
He sued IBM Canada in June 2022 for age discrimination in a Toronto, Ontario court, claiming the subsidiary has been following systematic age discrimination policies adopted by IBM US in 2013. Many fired IBM employees have made similar allegations, which have been supported by reporting from ProPublica and by the US Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.
Maule said in the years prior to his termination, he saw many examples of age discrimination. His complaint says that he became aware that IBM US and IBM Canada might be targeting older workers in 2015 when his superior was terminated without cause after 30 years of service and then replaced with a younger executive with no experience in channel marketing.
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Personal story, hours old: Pathetic inhuman IBM management
Wouldn’t it be the proper thing to do for IBM and your immediate manager to send a sympathy card and/or flowers for your mother’s funeral? I retired from IBM in 2023, but I still have a bad memory of how my manager and IBM never sent anything to me or the funeral home when my mother died in Feb 2020. I had rejoined IBM in Jan 2020 and I had about 23 years with the company when I retired in 2023. This was just pathetic and disrespectful by IBM and this manager. I was a highly respected employee of IBM but new to this manager having only worked for him for a month. This is the type of people IBM puts in management positions and is why I retired and left on my own terms.
IBM talks about politeness, sensibilities and tolerance. The last thing IBM wants is people projecting that back to IBM. █