text_combined: sat n wjequdxgelnqozmgmailcom hard believe isnt guy leading google pretty old guy 10607 rohit khare rr wrote hey rare id crosspost ip fascinating hope dont settlenseal id like learn think public interest would served debate cf zuckerbergs under30 paul gs noparents rules rohit forwarded message david farber date fri 5 oct 2007 173351 0400 subject ip old guy gets another chance google agediscrimination suit ttv2listboxcom gosh brian student met old indeed maybe bothered google knew tried past worked failed makes hard reinvent djf begin forwarded message ari ollikainen date october 5 2007 24924 pm edt wqbffarbernet subject old guy gets another chance google agediscrimination suit ip old guy gets another chance google agediscrimination suit bob egelko chronicle staff writer friday october 5 2007 1004 1928 pdt san jose state appeals court reinstated fired managers agediscrimination suit google inc thursday saying jury hear evidence supervisor told ideas old matter giant search engine company gave older employees lower ratings lesser bonuses sixth district court appeal san jose overturned santa clara county judges dismissal damage suit brian reid hired mountain view firm 2002 director operations director engineering demoted october 2003 fired february 2004 age 54 according published reports firing cost reid salary 200000 year also stock options worth much 10 million reid former electrical engineering professor stanford given glowing review googles vice president engineering written evaluation executive wayne rosing told reid fired cultural fit company court said rosing three years older reid another supervisors urs hoelzle 15 years younger reid told opinions ideas obsolete old matter sluggish lethargic court said colleagues referred old guy fuddyduddy hoelzle younger employee took reids responsibilities demoted october 2003 become head new company program budget staff court said company cofounder larry page made decision fire reid suit said page nearly 31 time part lawsuit reid presented statisticians study employees managers department google found older employees consistently received lower evaluations younger colleagues older managers got bonuses 29 percent less awarded managers 10 years younger court said arguments cited superior court judge william elfving dismissal suit involved factual disputes must resolved jury email bob egelko begelkosfchroniclecom httpsfgatecomcgibinarticlecgifca20071005ba51skdl3dtl comments story instructive httpwwwsfgatecomcgibinarticlecommentsviewfca20071005 ba51skdl3dtl young aspirations never come pass old reminiscences never happened hh munro archives httpv2listboxcommemberarchive247now rss feed httpv2listboxcommemberarchiverss247 powered listbox httpwwwlistboxcom fork mailing list tue 05 aug 2008 224807 0600 fork google agediscrimination suit