Motorola Inc. on Thursday settled a high-profile discrimination
lawsuit lodged by a former top female executive, just days before the
company's chief executive, Edward Zander, was scheduled to testify in
the case.
Theresa Metty, Motorola's onetime chief procurement officer, sued
Motorola in July 2005 after she lost her job during a corporate
reorganization.
She claimed, among other things, that she was the victim of sex
stereotyping. Such stereotyping created hostility toward her because
she had succeeded in a male-dominated field, Metty claimed.
The suit offered a rare glimpse of Motorola at a time of significant
change at the top of the organization following Zander's arrival in
2004.
In court documents, Metty said she felt like she had to "act like a
man" to keep her senior post, yet claimed she was simultaneously
criticized for her "male-like" management style.
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Metty joined Motorola in 2000 as head of supply chain for Motorola's
ailing mobile phone division. She reported to Mike Zafirovski, who ran
that division.
Motorola's cell phone division needed big-time cost cutting, and Metty
was among those commissioned to wield the ax. She did not disappoint,
and Zafirovski later said Metty did a "terrific job."
In 2002 Zafirovski was named chief operating officer--second in
command at Motorola--and he then promoted Metty to chief procurement
officer.
As such, she was one of the firm's highest-ranking women executives.
Zafirovski gave her an "excellent" annual job review for 2004.
But Zafirovski, who was passed over for CEO in favor of Zander, left
Motorola in January 2005. Soon thereafter Metty lost her position at
Motorola.
She claimed in court filings that Zander swayed senior leaders to push
her out of her position--and effectively out of the company.
Court documents indicate that Zander was not impressed with Metty.
Also, Zander said in a deposition that he was getting reports from
Motorola's human resources department that Metty was "abusive" and
"intimidating" and "never around."
>Court documents indicate that Zander was not impressed with Metty.
>Also, Zander said in a deposition that he was getting reports from
>Motorola's human resources department that Metty was "abusive" and
>"intimidating" and "never around."
Pegleg wrote:
> On 9 Mar 2007 15:01:10 -0800, jgrove24@hotmail.com wrote:
>>Court documents indicate that Zander was not impressed with Metty.
>>Also, Zander said in a deposition that he was getting reports from
>>Motorola's human resources department that Metty was "abusive" and
>>"intimidating" and "never around."
>
> Sounds like she should have been fired!
Sounds like the sort of charges management cooks up when they have no
legitimate reason to fire someone.
clifto wrote:
> Pegleg wrote:
>> On 9 Mar 2007 15:01:10 -0800, jgrove24@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> Court documents indicate that Zander was not impressed with Metty.
>>> Also, Zander said in a deposition that he was getting reports from
>>> Motorola's human resources department that Metty was "abusive" and
>>> "intimidating" and "never around."
>> Sounds like she should have been fired!
>
> Sounds like the sort of charges management cooks up when they have no
> legitimate reason to fire someone.
"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in message news:2t7bc4-7pg.ln1@remote.clifto.com...
> Pegleg wrote:
>> On 9 Mar 2007 15:01:10 -0800, jgrove24@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>Court documents indicate that Zander was not impressed with Metty.
>>>Also, Zander said in a deposition that he was getting reports from
>>>Motorola's human resources department that Metty was "abusive" and
>>>"intimidating" and "never around."
>>
>> Sounds like she should have been fired!
>
> Sounds like the sort of charges management cooks up when they have no
> legitimate reason to fire someone.
Hard for us to judge since we weren't there.
I don't see the point of posting that article here.
In article <ErDIh.2960$uo3.536@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net>, John Richards wrote:
> I don't see the point of posting that article here.
JGrove decided to stop posting off-topic junk about Lucent/Alcatel.
This time, he posted news about Motorola. The Motorola post actually
is closer to on-topic for the cellular newsgroups than the others
(yes, I'm aware that Lucent manufactured, and Alcatel manufactures,
cellular switches).
He got real nasty with me recently when I slammed him for all of the
off-topic Lucent posts. He shut up when I asked him if he was still
upset about being fired from Lucent. Which, due to his subsequent
silence, I assume actually is the case. :)
He and I both hang out in ca.driving. He actually contributes to that
newsgroup. He contributes nothing to the cellular newsgroups.
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"Notan" <notan@ddressthatcanbespammed> wrote in message
news:du2dnX9ZF_kda2_YnZ2dnUVZ_sHinZ2d@giganews.com ...
> clifto wrote:
>> Pegleg wrote:
>>> On 9 Mar 2007 15:01:10 -0800, jgrove24@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> Court documents indicate that Zander was not impressed with Metty.
>>>> Also, Zander said in a deposition that he was getting reports from
>>>> Motorola's human resources department that Metty was "abusive" and
>>>> "intimidating" and "never around."
>>> Sounds like she should have been fired!
>>
>> Sounds like the sort of charges management cooks up when they have no
>> legitimate reason to fire someone.
>
> Sound like *none* of us know all the details.
>
> --
> Notan
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