‘Intentional Discrimination’: Yahoo CEO Hit By Lawsuit Claiming Male Colleagues Illegally Purged

‘A former media executive at Yahoo has filed a lawsuit against the internet giant, accusing it of an illegal purge of male employees. He specifically pointed at CEO Marissa Mayer, who he claims is running a gender-based discrimination campaign.
Scott Ard joined Yahoo in September 2011 as a senior editor for Yahoo’s media section – Media Org – but was unexpectedly fired in January 2015. Ard, now editor-in-chief of the Silicon Valley Business Journal, believes that his termination was not linked to his performance, but rather to his gender.
Ard filed a complaint in federal district court in San Jose, accusing Yahoo and its management, including CEO Mayer, of discrimination “based on gender or any other personal bias.”’
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