Reply to post: Re: We only have her word for it

Oracle sued by app sales rep: I made tens of millions for Larry, then fired for being neither young nor male – claim

Alien8n

Re: We only have her word for it

@boltar

"So because she has XX chromosomes we're supposed to automatically believe everything she says? Grow up."

No, but given Oracle's track record on this, and the fact that everything she's claimed will be verifiable by the court (Oracle will have financial records and disciplinary records for everyone involved in the case and the court will have access to them) then I'm willing to bet that yes she was fired for simply being an older woman. Which just begs the question why you're so willing to immediately accuse her of lying purely based on the fact she's female?

As stated elsewhere, when an entire team is underperforming it's a safe bet the problem isn't the team, but the management. And by singling the women out it's also a safe bet that the prevailing "boy's club" mentality was in full swing and her managers were looking for scapegoats. Also the fact that she was granted medical leave by Oracle's HR department also shows they were aware of the harassment she was getting but refused to intervene to prevent it. All of this will be on record, and all of this will be viewable by the court.

But don't let your hatred of women get in the way of facts ($deity help any women defendants if you ever get put on a jury)

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