> While researching this piece, I spoke to a few labor lawyers and ran some Lexis Nexis searches to see just how often a company’s constructive feedback (i.e. not “durrrr we didn’t hire you because you’re a woman”) to a rejected eng candidate has resulted in litigation.
> Hey, guess what? IT’S ZERO! THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED. EVER.
> As some of my lawyer contacts pointed out, a lot of cases get settled out of court, and that data is much harder to get.
It seems like this is the best possible methodology (Lexis Nexis + survey of labor lawyers) that one can ask for.
> Hey, guess what? IT’S ZERO! THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED. EVER.
> As some of my lawyer contacts pointed out, a lot of cases get settled out of court, and that data is much harder to get.
It seems like this is the best possible methodology (Lexis Nexis + survey of labor lawyers) that one can ask for.