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Lawsuit: Meta engineer told to resign after calling out sexist hiring practices


Meta managers are accused of retaliation and covering up mistreatment of women.

As Smith tells it, he couldn't help but speak up after noticing "a qualified female employee was inexplicably stripped of responsibilities, a male supervisor was hyper-critical of a female direct report, certain male managers exhibited bias towards women they oversaw and that Meta exhibited systematic preferential treatment towards men in promotions and ratings, while failing to provide career development support to women," his complaint said. After that, another employee accused of acting "disrespectfully" toward women "yelled at and insulted Smith," while everyday workplace activity like taking previously approved time off suddenly seemed to negatively impact his performance review. A victory could result in civil and punitive damages compensating Smith for harm to his "professional and personal reputations and loss of career fulfillment."

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