Security News > 2024 > May > IBM spin-off Kyndryl accused of discriminating on basis of age, race, disability

Exclusive Kyndryl, the IT services firm spun out of IBM, has been accused by multiple employees within its CISO Defense security group of discrimination on the basis of age, race, and disability, in both internal complaints and formal charges filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

In an email exchange earlier this month, a Kyndryl security analyst, who having returned from short-term disability in December, felt he was being treated differently, and asked a manager whether he was facing retaliation for taking that time off.

The group of affected Kyndryl employees has not yet filed a lawsuit, though The Register understands that's a possibility.

A group of Kyndryl employees contacted The Register to call attention to a situation they believe is both unfair and illegal.

The Register understands that the subsequent recruitment of Leidos employees became significant enough that while IBM was preparing to spin off Kyndryl that year, Leidos served IBM with a cease-and-desist demand to end the ongoing hiring.

Like colleagues in Kyndryl CSIRT who have made discrimination allegations, he claims that his performance was above average and that no verbal or written issues with his work were ever discussed or documented.

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