Termination of Protected Class Employee in At-Will State

[LdiJ]

Let's assume it's real then. Why oh why is he asking several forums for legal "help" instead of letting the employer's HR/legal folk deal with it?

We can't do anything. At this point, we really can't say anything either because we're getting very close to crossing that line where it becomes irresponsible of us to go further.

Possibly...that is valid.

 

[cbg]

I got the PM. I think it's real. I'm not convinced that our OP is not Mr. Higher Up.

I answered the PM, btw. I told him to GET AN ATTORNEY.

 

[justalayman]

I dunno...I got the same PM and it makes me think that the situation is quite real.

And the parts left out were not the only male, but also the only male plus the only foreign born person. So its a three striker. Only male, only minority and only foreign born.

Yes. In a homework study one often evaluates a situation given minimal info then additional info is added either to clarify or throw a twist into it to challenge the minds of the students.


And as was stated before; op appears to be detached from the situation. He appears to be the fly on the wall but never claims to be any part of the company membership other than vague references to others with no actual relationship with them.

He has knowledge of the situation that only those that were intimately involved would have which since they are discussion severence package and communications with the attorney would be a high level employee themselves yet never makes any recommendations or decisions.

On top of everything else there is this big bad wolf "higher level" employee that appears untouchable and even wields enough power to stymie a transfer of the fired employee to another department. It seems nobody has the authority to challenge this higher level employee in any manner or matter and yet he is a fairly recent addition to the company yet immune from any directives or punitive actions.

Something just isn't right.

 

[eerelations]

Esteemed Colleagues, just as an FYI, just before OP's thread was closed on another board, I made a sarcastic comment. OP took this comment to mean I am somehow sympathetic to him and PM'd me with a copy of a letter from the plaintiff's lawyer. OP wants me to help him respond to the letter. (!!!) So I advised him to get an attorney. Again, just an FYI. Maybe we need to be closing OP's threads on all the boards as this issue is starting to become a rather huge time-waster for all of us.

 

[LdiJ]

Esteemed Colleagues, just as an FYI, just before OP's thread was closed on another board, I made a sarcastic comment. OP took this comment to mean I am somehow sympathetic to him and PM'd me with a copy of a letter from the plaintiff's lawyer. OP wants me to help him respond to the letter. (!!!) So I advised him to get an attorney. Again, just an FYI. Maybe we need to be closing OP's threads on all the boards as this issue is starting to become a rather huge time-waster for all of us.

I got that private message too and advised the same.

 

[Proserpina]

At least 7 of us - over at least 2 boards - have received the same "letter".

Yeah. Totally real.

 

[LdiJ]

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At least 7 of us - over at least 2 boards - have received the same "letter".

Yeah. Totally real.

I thought that it sounded real...particularly because it pointed out things that the OP had never mentioned, like that he was not only the only minority, but the only male and the only foreign born person.

I had an image in my head of a male lion driving out the younger male lions in his "pride"...LOL. It also surprised me that in a department of nearly all women, that a male was brought in from the outside to be the "higher up", rather than promoting from within. That raises a red flag as well.

All in all this case rings true for me. I do think its quite possible that the poster is either the "higher up" or the person who was responsible for hiring the "higher up" in the first place.