Have you noticed the large volume of 45+ layoffs at FIS? They are moving departments to Accenture and other third party firms or cutting 45+ aged personnel from teams. I was one. I know many. If you read Linked in, there is a continuous layoffs for 45+ where departments were not moved. They are sneaking around the mass layoffs at once with continued monthly scattered layoffs but can an attorney or firm investigate this process for discrimination. The severance forces us to be quiet but it shouldn’t be hard to gather data to research the discrimination. It was commonly noted by SF and her new senior executives the company work force was too old. Shouldn’t be hard to locate internal communications through discovery and list/age of layoffs the past two years.
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Absolutely true! I was as well as others over 50 laid off! They should be sued! The process was completely ignorant
@rq sorry to hear. Hope things are going better for you. That su-ks but layoffs were placed more on older workers. Rebadge is bad but not like agism layoffs.
@ac - rules for thee, not for me.
For what it’s worth I was rebadged in March to Cognizant at the age of 25 before I left.
FIS lawyers did their due diligence before the layoffs. The know just how far they can push the bar before breaking the law.
The US needs stronger laws that protects workers based on years of service and age. Too many people over 50 who are not ready to retire yet are really getting hurt by these layoffs.
The only way to prove this is to locate at your specific project all people who got laid off in one go, and check their age. Only in Europe where there are government consultancy period obligatory, all people are in one pool, so this would be entirely impossible to do, without a lawsuit. Even with pregnancy, when on maternity and following LOA up to 4 weeks, one can not just lay the person off. They are highly protected. So this depends heavily on the market, the data you gather and can prove. Sometimes one knows few similar stories, but relaying on a hunch would not be wise.
Sounds overblown. After all, Steph is 45+ and she still has her job.