Opinion ID: 2772155
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Dedra Johnson

Text: At the time of the transition, Johnson was fifty-three years old and working for DS2 as an Exhibits Specialist II in the Finishing Shop. Lockheed supervisor Jerry Booth oversaw Johnson’s work and selected which Finishing Shop employees to hire. In keeping with its decision to downsize the workforce, Lockheed completely eliminated the Exhibits Specialist II position, and kept positions for one Exhibits Specialist I, three Exhibits Specialists III’s, and three Maintenance Trades Helpers. As a result, only about half of the then-DS2 Finishing Shop employees kept a position after the transition. Johnson applied for two positions: Exhibits Specialist III and Maintenance Trades Helper. Because her scores on the applicable skills assessment matrices were lower than those of other DS2 applicants, Booth did not interview Johnson for either position. Booth also noted Johnson had a significant number of write-ups for non-conforming work product. Lockheed hired at least one person older than Johnson for both positions. Of the three Exhibits Specialist III hires, one, Gary Adams, was a year older than Johnson. Of the five Maintenance Trades Helpers hired, one new hire, Jackie Shuler, was a year older than Johnson, while another new hire was only four years younger than she. Lockheed also hired people for both positions who were more than six years younger than Johnson. -3-