Cisco Accused of Employee Discrimination
Sara Jane Tribble writes in The Mercury News:
Cisco Systems, one of Silicon Valley's biggest employers, has been accused by a federal agency of discriminating against minority job candidates.More here.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has determined after reviewing five separate 2005 job applicant complaints that Cisco "demonstrated an ongoing pattern and practice of not hiring qualified, minority candidates based on their race, color and national origin," according to EEOC letters released to the Mercury News.
None of the applicants are from the Bay Area; four are from Texas, and the fifth is from Tennessee. Four are African-American and one is Asian American.
On Wednesday, the San Jose company denied the allegations - particularly the assertion about an ongoing pattern of discrimination.
posted by Fergie @ 5/09/2007 07:24:00 PM
3 Comments:
ITS ABOUT TIME! CISCO IS ONE OF THE WORSE OFFENDERS IN CORPORATE AMERICA
Do you know if the case has been resolved?
Cisco is notorious for this. I've seen folks with zero experience for a position get hired time again over highly experience and qualified minority candidates. This happened to me personally, and I later found out that the girl they hired (I have 5 years experience in the field AND a master's degree) was a horse trainer that decided she needed a corporate job. I hope more folks come out and tell the EEOC. I actually wish though that it was legal for them to just come out and say "we just want to be an all white company". Then at least I can save my time and effort from even taking a look at working there, and minorities can also save their money and take it elsewhere.
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