Spotify sued by former sales employee over gender discrimination and equal pay violations

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A former sales executive at Spotify has sued both the streaming music company and its US head of sales, Brian Berner, over alleged gender discrimination, equal pay violations, and defamation over her firing.

In a complaint filed with the New York Supreme Court on September 18th, Hong Perez accused Spotify of fostering a negative work culture for women at the company. Hired in 2015, the complaint says that “for three years, she [Perez] received extremely positive reviews and performance feedback. Her region was one of the top performing regions for Spotify.” She was credited as a “hero” during one internal company presentation for providing assistance to a co-worker suffering a stroke.

But during her time at Spotify, Perez “became...

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