Department of Justice Sues $5 Billion Technology Company for Excluding Americans From Applying to High-Paying Technology Jobs

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has sued California-based technology company Cloudera for allegedly discriminating against Americans from applying to high-paying technology jobs. The department claims that the company created a separate recruitment and hiring process to “deter US workers from applying”, adding that it “also did not consider them for lucrative technology jobs that the company earmarked for people with temporary employment visa”. It further claimed that Cloudera created an email account that did not allow external emails, but still instructed applicants to use that unworkable email address to apply for jobs.

For those unaware, Cloudera is a data software company that was acquired by private equity firms KKR and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in October 2021 for approximately $5.3 billion. It is no longer a publicly traded company.

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