Complainant alleges that California-headquartered company demoted and then fired her as a result of speaking out over gender bias
A former employee of Sony Interactive Entertainment has filed a civil complaint against her past employer, alleging that the company discriminated against female employees.
The firm, which is headquartered in San Mateo, California, is accused of having a bias against females and provided several instances of when it took place, according to a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California court.
The employee, who joined the company in 2015, said there was a manager "who will not be alone in a room with a female with the door closed”, and if joined by another male co-worker, "would only speak to the male colleague”.
She also accused the manager of ignoring her requests and would only acknowledge it if it was sent through a male co-worker - an instance she proved by sending a request through an intern.
"The request would garner a response when it come from a male intern while a virtually identical request would be ignored if it came from a higher-level female employee," said in the complaint.
The employee also said in the complaint that she "personally heard managers make gender-biased comments about female workers”.
There was also no way to get promoted for female employees, according to the complainant, despite asking three different managers about how to move up the ladder. She alleges she got demoted after she was ordered to report to a...
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