Topic: Legal Consulting

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Summer of Snowden
Episode 564 57:10 - 1:00:21

564: Summer of Snowden

Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Yahoo Stack Ranking, Legal Strategy

In response to the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the hosts jokingly suggest that employees at companies like Yahoo should "come out" as gay to protect themselves from "stack ranking" layoffs. They argue that Marissa Mayer's aggressive performance reviews could be legally challenged if an employee claims they were fired due to their sexual orientation rather than performance metrics.