A former Facebook employee is suing the company on allegations that she was discriminated against, harassed and belittled during her brief employment there.
Chia Hong filed the lawsuit in mid-March in a San Francisco Bay Area superior court.
Hong worked at Facebook as a product manager and then as a technology specialist in finance for about three years before she was terminated in 2013. The Taiwanese woman says she was replaced by a less-qualified, less-experienced man.
Facebook disputes the claims and says it did not mistreat Hong.
The lawsuit alleges company officials asked Hong “why she did not stay home and take care of her children,” and regularly ignored or belittled her professional opinions at meetings where she was one of few women.
The suit says they also ordered Hong to organize parties and serve drinks to male colleagues, which wasn’t part of her job description.
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