Age discrimination at Dean Foods

if you are management or sales with tenure and you're older than 60 or a female they will fire you!!! They just laid off several people in 3 states all over the age of 60 or female. This company is pathetic - they only give - 1 week per year of employment in in lump sum severance agreement if you agree not to sue them. Strongly advise people to band together and sue them over this blantant discrimination!!!! They think they are so big that they have their corporate legal team tell you to go ahead and sue them!! Terrible way to treat a long time valued employee for upper managements poor business decisions!!! FIre the CEO!!

I agree with you @OJtMkcs-lnot, but the issue is not that simple. Proving age discrimination can be really hard, which is why there are so few class action suits on that bases. Here's a goo darticle on it:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/business/dealbook/shown-the-door-older-workers-find-bias-hard-to-prove.html?mcubz=0

It does say that a lot of the companies will rather settle than go to court, so there is hope for some kind of a payout.

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The CEO - Mr Ralph mouth will be paid out his Pot of Gold in Jan 2019 and sent on his merry way!!!! Dean Foods will up for sale and sold by Feb. Then the massive company wide layoffs and restructuring will begin. If you’re hanging out till the end - Be warned that the End is coming very soon!!! Start updating your resume and interviewing now so you won’t be caught with your pants down.

I was with Dean Foods for over 30 years and they laid me off with NO appreciation for those 30+ years. Deans spoke and demanded loyalty from their employees however they did not practice what they preached.

Back in the day when it was Barber Dairy I remember our General Manager say “no one will take our business but we’ll darn sure give it away if we don’t take care of them”. It took awhile but Dumb Foods Gave it away.

Thanks for DESTROYING all of the loyal employees life!!!!!!!

Deans has lost Food Lion business will lose Walmart and Sams in mid west all sales force let go where is volume coming from??? Ripe for take over. Company higher ups have no idea how to run dairy company

A guy I have worked with for several years was laid off. He is 64 and has been with the company over 45 years. No soul left in Dean Foods. They have gotten rid of so much talent and layered in so many with no dairy delivery and storage experience. It won't take much more for them to implode. I also hope for a class action lawsuit.

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