In its hiring process, Google measures a candidate’s cognitive ability, problem-solving process, role-related knowledge and enigmatically, a subjective measure called “Googleyness.” A pair of older workers are suing the company for age discrimination, claiming “Googleyness” is an internal code word for “young.” The case has stretched on for more than three years. Judge Beth Labson Freeman recently certified that the workers could take a collective action against Google, which would require…
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Google pushes back on age-bias lawsuit, saying ‘Googleyness’ isn’t code for ‘young’
