Female employee sues female Yahoo executive for sexual harassment

Female employee sues female Yahoo executive for sexual harassment

The lawsuit also names Yahoo as a defendant.

A former Yahoo employee has a sued a female Yahoo executive for sexual harassment, CNET reports.

Maria Zhang, a senior director of engineering at Yahoo, has been sued by Nan Shi, a former principal software engineer at the company.

According to Zhang’s Linkedin profile, the senior Yahoo executive “currently leads the mobile content and mobile SDK team for Yahoo’s Mobile and Emerging Products organization.” The profile also says, “Maria leads the direction and execution of Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Fantasy Sports, Yahoo News Digest and the Yahoo app.”

Shi’s Linkedin profile notes that plaintiff previously worked at Microsoft as a software development engineer and at AOL as a senior software engineer.

The lawsuit alleges that Zhang forced Shi into having sex with her and then gave the employee poor performance reviews when the employee refused to continue.

“Zhang told Plaintiff she would have a bright future at Yahoo if she had sex with her,” reads the complaint, according to Newser. “She also stated she could take away everything from her including her job, stocks, and future if she did not do what she wanted.”

According to Reuters, the lawsuit also names Yahoo as a defendant.

Shi alleges that when she reported the harassment to Yahoo, the company failed to stop the abuse, the San Jose Mercury News reports.

“There is absolutely no basis or truth to the allegations against Maria Zhang. Maria is an exemplary Yahoo executive and we intend to fight vigorously to clear her name,” a Yahoo representative said in an email to Reuters.

 

 

 

Be social, please share!

Facebooktwittergoogle_plusredditpinterestlinkedintumblrmail

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *