Discrimination | Fired IBM employee sues after missing out on huge paycheck

A former IBM employee is suing the company for age discrimination after she was fired - just weeks before she was due to receive £449,805 ($573,000) in commission.

The Daily Mail reports that Terry Keebaugh, from Georgia, USA, was fired in September 2016 from her role as a Sales Director at the age of 57 – to be replaced by a younger colleague who did not generate as much revenue.

In a call with her boss following the firing, Keebaugh was told her skills were the 'lowest of the low’ out of her colleagues.

This was despite her reporting that she had received a ‘1’ rating at her performance review at the end of 2015, the highest possible score, and that she had contracts in December 2016 that were expected to close worth a combined $100million. She ultimately received £15,694 ($20,000) of the commission she believes she is owed.