IBM Execs Call Older Workers 'Dinobabies' in Age Bias Lawsuit
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IBM Execs Call Older Workers 'Dinobabies' in Age Bias Lawsuit:
Internal emails show IBM executives calling older workers "dinobabies" and discussing plans to make them "an extinct species," according to a Friday filing in an ongoing age discrimination lawsuit against the company.
The documents were submitted as evidence of IBM's efforts "to oust older employees from its workforce," and replace them with millennial workers, the plaintiff alleged. It's the latest development in a legal battle that first began in 2018, when former employees sued IBM after the company fired tens of thousands of workers over 40-years-old.
One high-ranking executive, whose name was redacted from the lawsuit, said IBM had a "dated maternal workforce."
"This is what must change," the email continues, per the filing. "They really don't understand social or engagement. Not digital natives. A real threat for us."
[...] IBM spokesman Chris Mumma told Insider that the company has "never engaged in systemic age discrimination," and said "IBM separated employees because of changing business conditions, not because of their age."
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