This website collects cookies to deliver better user experience, you agree to the Privacy Policy.
Accept
Sign In
The Texas Reporter
  • Home
  • Trending
  • Texas
  • World
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
    • Business
    • Economy
    • Real Estate
  • Crypto & NFTs
  • Tech
  • Lifestyle
    • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Books
    • Arts
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
Reading: Making ‘Dinobabies’ Extinct: IBM’s Push for a Younger Work Force
Share
The Texas ReporterThe Texas Reporter
Font ResizerAa
Search
  • Home
  • Trending
  • Texas
  • World
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
    • Business
    • Economy
    • Real Estate
  • Crypto & NFTs
  • Tech
  • Lifestyle
    • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Books
    • Arts
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
© The Texas Reporter. All Rights Reserved.
Tech

Making ‘Dinobabies’ Extinct: IBM’s Push for a Younger Work Force

Editorial Board
Editorial Board Published February 12, 2022
Share
Making ‘Dinobabies’ Extinct: IBM’s Push for a Younger Work Force
SHARE

In 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released a summary of an investigation into these practices at IBM, which found that there was “top-down messaging from IBM’s highest ranks directing managers to engage in an aggressive approach to significantly reduce the head count of older workers.” But the agency did not publicly release evidence supporting its claims.

The newly unsealed documents — which quote from internal company emails, and which were filed in a “statement of material facts” in the lawsuit brought by Ms. Liss-Riordan — appear to affirm those conclusions and show top IBM executives specifically emphasizing the need to thin the ranks of older workers and hire more younger ones.

“We discussed the fact that our millennial population trails competitors,” says one email from a top executive at the time. “The data below is very sensitive — not to be shared — but wanted to make sure you have it. You will see that while Accenture is 72% millennial we are at 42% with a wide range and many units falling well below that average. Speaks to the need to hire early professionals.”

“Early professionals” was the company’s term for a role that required little prior experience.

Another email by a top executive, appearing to refer to older workers, mentions a plan to “accelerate change by inviting the ‘dinobabies’ (new species) to leave” and make them an “extinct species.”

A third email refers to IBM’s “dated maternal workforce,” an apparent allusion to older women, and says: “This is what must change. They really don’t understand social or engagement. Not digital natives. A real threat for us.”

Mr. Pratt, the spokesman, said that some of the language in the emails “is not consistent with the respect IBM has for its employees” and “does not reflect company practices or policies.” The statement of material facts redacts the names of the emails’ authors but indicates that they left the company in 2020.

Updated 

Feb. 11, 2022, 10:33 p.m. ET

Both earlier legal filings and the newly unsealed documents contend that IBM sought to hire about 25,000 workers who typically had little experience during the 2010s. At the same time, “a comparable number of older, non-Millennial workers needed to be let go,” concluded a passage in one of the newly unsealed documents, a ruling in a private arbitration initiated by a former IBM employee.

TAGGED:Technology
Share This Article
Twitter Email Copy Link Print
Previous Article COVID-19 protests converge on Paris COVID-19 protests converge on Paris
Next Article Selling Trump: A Profitable Post-Presidency Like No Other Selling Trump: A Profitable Post-Presidency Like No Other

Editor's Pick

Sizzling Lady Summer time Begins within the Bathe—Right here’s Learn how to Prep Your Pores and skin

Sizzling Lady Summer time Begins within the Bathe—Right here’s Learn how to Prep Your Pores and skin

We might obtain a portion of gross sales if you buy a product by a hyperlink on this article. Most…

By Editorial Board 8 Min Read
Alpine’s Sizzling Hatch EV Has a Constructed-In, ‘Gran Turismo’ Model Driving Teacher

One other win over its Renault 5 sibling is a multi-link rear…

3 Min Read
Louis Vuitton Is Dropping a New Perfume As a result of It’s Sizzling | FashionBeans

We independently consider all beneficial services and products. Any services or products…

2 Min Read

Latest

“A Family’s Fight to Reclaim Their Legacy”

“A Family’s Fight to Reclaim Their Legacy”

Introduction: For generations, the Wright family has worked and lived…

July 9, 2025

AR Global Inc CEO Kason Roberts Donates to Support Kerrville Storm Victims, Mobilizes Team for Restoration Efforts

Kerrville, Texas — In the aftermath…

July 9, 2025

Bitcoin Tops $109,000 After Senate Passes Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ – “The Defiant”

The crypto market posted modest good…

July 9, 2025

Two vital hazard alerts within the June employment report – Indignant Bear

Two vital hazard alerts within the…

July 9, 2025

Simone Biles Thirst Traps in Bikini Amidst Boob Job Hypothesis

Studying Time: 3 minutes Simone Biles…

July 9, 2025

You Might Also Like

My Job Is to Work Out. These Are the Health Trackers I’d Purchase on Prime Day
Tech

My Job Is to Work Out. These Are the Health Trackers I’d Purchase on Prime Day

Within the northern hemisphere, it is arduous to not spend the winter in a state of slumbering sloth, simply ready…

5 Min Read
We Discovered the Greatest Offers Underneath 0 This Prime Day
Tech

We Discovered the Greatest Offers Underneath $100 This Prime Day

Prime Day can be overwhelming, particularly when looking for extra inexpensive objects to fill your buying cart with. We're right…

20 Min Read
The Finest WIRED-Permitted Vacuums on Sale for Prime Day
Tech

The Finest WIRED-Permitted Vacuums on Sale for Prime Day

Cleansing is not simply for spring, and these Amazon Prime Day vacuum offers are ones you possibly can't miss should…

7 Min Read
Espresso! Espresso Now! Get Your Caffeine Repair with These Prime Day Offers
Tech

Espresso! Espresso Now! Get Your Caffeine Repair with These Prime Day Offers

What's extra WIRED than espresso? Earlier than you plug into the matrix, you want your espresso repair. We all know…

7 Min Read
The Texas Reporter

About Us

Welcome to The Texas Reporter, a newspaper based in Houston, Texas that covers a wide range of topics for our readers. At The Texas Reporter, we are dedicated to providing our readers with the latest news and information from around the world, with a focus on issues that are important to the people of Texas.

Company

  • About Us
  • Newsroom Policies & Standards
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Careers
  • Media & Community Relations
  • WP Creative Group
  • Accessibility Statement

Contact Us

  • Contact Us
  • Contact Customer Care
  • Advertise
  • Licensing & Syndication
  • Request a Correction
  • Contact the Newsroom
  • Send a News Tip
  • Report a Vulnerability

Term of Use

  • Digital Products Terms of Sale
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Settings
  • Submissions & Discussion Policy
  • RSS Terms of Service
  • Ad Choices

© The Texas Reporter. All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Lost your password?