Xilinx Faces a $365 Million Retaliation Lawsuit

In recent news, Xilinx faces a $365 million retaliation lawsuit based on claims made by one of their former Senior Vice Presidents. 

The Case: Indradevi Sabrina Joseph v. Xilinx, Inc. 

The Court: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

The Case No.: 21CV385612

The Plaintiff: Indradevi Sabrina Joseph

Sabrina Joseph, the plaintiff in the case, was the former Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Communications for the semiconductor giant. The plaintiff claims retaliation and misappropriation of trade secrets. 

The Defendant: Xilinx, Inc. 

The Defendant in the case, Xilinx, is a pioneering leader in adaptive computing in the semiconductor industry located in San Jose. 

Details of the Case: Indradevi Sabrina Joseph v. Xilinx, Inc. 

According to the lawsuit, Ms. Joseph was given information about the Marketing Department employees’ compensation in November 2017. The compensation data paired with the conversations she had with the Department’s employees, indicated wide-spread sex-based pay disparities at the company, as well as a hostile work environment, and sex discrimination throughout the marketing department. Ms. Joseph responded to the problem by proposing plans to remedy the problem. However, when she mentioned her plans to rectify sex-based pay disparities in the Xilinx Marketing Department to leaders at the company and the human resource department, she was warned to drop it. She did not drop it, and instead pursued equal pay for the women in her new department. According to the claim filed, Xilinx allegedly terminated Ms. Joseph less than a month after she was hired. Joseph claims her termination was workplace retaliation.

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