Cisco: Indian-American employee harassed by two managers because he was from a lower Indian caste than them.

[tom bhayya]

10 minutes ago, dasara_bullodu1 said:

Ippati daka illegal ippudu legal itandi slow ga ... prastutam bapans untaru endukante vallu easy targets (like in India)

Other higher castes aithe akkade karam poosi kummi pedataru

Mana varaku vasthey noppi thelusthundhaa 

[dasara_bullodu1]

5 minutes ago, tom bhayya said:

Mana varaku vasthey noppi thelusthundhaa 

Neeku naku personal ga parichayam ledu vuncle.. naa relations gurinchi telsiste comments chey. Just saying

[SnehamKosam]

1 hour ago, Spartan said:

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - California regulators sued Cisco Systems Inc <CSCO.O> on Tuesday, accusing it of discriminating against an Indian-American employee and allowing him to be harassed by two managers because he was from a lower Indian caste than them.

U.S. employment law does not specifically bar caste-based discrimination, but California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing contends in the lawsuit that India's lingering caste system is based on protected classes such as religion.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Jose, does not name the alleged victim. It states he has been a principal engineer at Cisco's San Jose headquarters since October 2015 and that he was raised at the bottom of India's caste hierarchy as a Dalit, once called "untouchables."

That caste hierarchy was enforced in the workplace, according to the lawsuit, which accuses the two former engineering managers of harassment.

Cisco said it did not have immediate comment, saying that it planned to issue a statement at a later time.

Like other large Silicon Valley employers, Cisco's workforce includes thousands of Indian immigrants, most of whom were brought up as Brahmins or other high castes.

The civil rights group Equality Labs in a 2018 report cited in the lawsuit found that 67% of Dalits surveyed felt treated unfairly at their U.S. workplaces.

Some employers have begun taking action. Massachusetts-based Brandeis University last year added caste to its nondiscrimination policy in what is believed to be a landmark move in U.S. higher education.

At Cisco, the unnamed employee reported his manager to human resources in November 2016 for outing his caste to colleagues. The manager allegedly retaliated, but Cisco determined caste discrimination was not illegal and issues continued through 2018, the lawsuit states.

Cisco reassigned the employee's duties and isolated him from colleagues, rejected a raise and opportunities that would have led to one and denied him two promotions, according to the lawsuit.

Amrika la kuda reservation kavalantara endi 

[SnehamKosam]

51 minutes ago, JambaKrantu said:

Kompella ante bapans.. Iyer is tamil bapans.. 

I think it's bapans vs M & M mostly.. Pantullu job cheskoka avasarama work place lo caste gola..

Reddy’s kuda undi ee surname 

[tom bhayya]

1 minute ago, dasara_bullodu1 said:

Neeku naku personal ga parichayam ledu vuncle.. naa relations gurinchi telsiste comments chey. Just saying

Nuvvey ga thread vesindhi caste AP lo family growing lo untundhi ani so if you believe that ippudu neeku sudden ga Brahmins easy target ela anipinchindhi justify

[JambaKrantu]

5 minutes ago, SnehamKosam said:

Reddy’s kuda undi ee surname 

Kompella naku telsi Bapans. Google it once. 

[dasara_bullodu1]

11 minutes ago, tom bhayya said:

Nuvvey ga thread vesindhi caste AP lo family growing lo untundhi ani so if you believe that ippudu neeku sudden ga Brahmins easy target ela anipinchindhi justify

Very good point vuncle appreciate it..

justification ante ikkada politics, close knit communities and employers lo ekkuva non-bapans kanipistaru ganuka easy to gain control on disputes... and it’s very easy to hate bs based on Indian history...

I might not be fully knowledged on non-telugu demographics, but in any rule of fight.. typically easy targets are attacked first like attacking immigrants, attacking minorities  etc

[snoww]

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[Manikyam]

1 hour ago, Aryaa said:

No Cisco lo kammolla domination 

lol

[Anta Assamey]

1 hour ago, Spartan said:

@Anta Assamey  @tom bhayya   evarai untaru... 

Evado Tamil vadu ayyi untadu ..

Caste based discrimination ledu ikkada law lo.... Mana valla debbaki Laws kuda create chesukovali vellu.... Indians debba American Laws abba ...

[reality]

33 minutes ago, MRI said:

It can also be a victim play.. calif lo adi Cisco lo caste based discrimination antey.. doubt ga vundi bro.. adi US educated valla valla antey..

I thought the same initially.., but, looks like they called him by caste...which is not acceptable.

 unnamed employee reported his manager to human resources in November 2016 for outing his caste to colleagues.

[kevinUsa]

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[snoww]

5 minutes ago, reality said:

I thought the same initially.., but, looks like they called him by caste...which is not acceptable.

 unnamed employee reported his manager to human resources in November 2016 for outing his caste to colleagues.

Ela prove sestharu. Unless he has emails or voice recordings.  

[Thokkalee]

Both of them seems to be in a very high position and have a ton of patents. They seem scholarly and might have contributed a lot..  and In South, we don’t have that much discrimination of Dalits/tribals in the society anymore. I am not saying that all is well and we don’t have caste issues.. but it is definitely not as bad as in north India.

[reality]

7 minutes ago, snoww said:

Ela prove sestharu. Unless he has emails or voice recordings.  

If colleagues who heard that can confirm..

Otherwise, pichalite le case.