‘This VP was heartless’: Woman worker gets ‘quiet fired’ 2 days before wedding, forcing her to quit

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    Font - Posted by u/SemperIgni 12 hours ago I got quiet fired two days before my wedding. By the time I left my (now previous) company, I was the 13th young woman to quit. 13 girls all in their mid to late 20s. All under the same VP, a
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    Font - woman and the company owner's daughter. All women who recently got engaged/married/newly pregnant. After comparing notes, some of the girls and I realized these connections. A few weeks before the first girl left, we all were asked to provide our hourly breakdowns of our work week - completely unprompted. None of the
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    Font - men were asked nor the women who were single or 35+. Then we were given non-formal disciplinary action with a brand new (unrelated) HR rep in the room. We all worked under the HR umbrella so it wasn't entirely uncalled for, but we were all in specialized roles of communication, training, recruiting, etc. Why the need for an HR
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    Font - generalist? They kept saying we needed to improve our productivity or focus or output when simultaneously no new major projects were being given to us. My "disciplinary" meeting happened two days before my wedding. My now- husband told me to quit there and
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    Font - then but I let it drag on for a bit, convincing myself that I could pull it together and keep my job even though I didn't really need to. This VP was heartless. When my mother-in-law died, she pulled me into her office a week later to talk about my department "slipping" in my absence like it was my fault I did all the work.
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    Font - then but I let it drag on for a bit, convincing myself that I could pull it together and keep my job even though I didn't really need to. This VP was heartless. When my mother-in-law d 1, she pulled me into her office a week later to talk about my department "slipping" in my absence like it was my fault I did all the work.
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    Font - Once the first girl left, we all fell like dominoes. All of us were either not replaced at all or replaced with men. I felt so alone in this until I spoke with one of the girls who left and found out she had an identical experience. People began flooding Glassdoor and the HR team flooded it right back with fake, peppy reviews.
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    Font - There is no way that should have been legal. We know we were targeted because of our age, gender, and life status. Just yesterday, I learned through the grapevine that the VP's husband moved out the very same week we were all asked for our hourly schedules. Sometimes my husband and I would speculate about what kind
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    Font - of wrongful termination lawsuit us ladies could have formed had we all kept going and waited for them to fire us. If only.
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    Font - Bitter_Kangaroo2616 12 hr. ago Reading this makes me feel seen. Late twenties woman here. The last few jobs in office admin have been horrible for me. In every case, a middle aged
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    Font - women in a higher position than me is terrible to work with. Not supportive, competitive, two faced. I'm having the hardest time working underneath women in management. I was just fired from a job because I vocalized that I struggled with my female manager and her
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    Font - assistant. My coworker complained separately of the same thing. I was fired, she was pulled into the office and tore a strip off of. Now she feels sick going in everyday and I feel she has been quiet fired while I've been fired fired. ↑ 530 530 Reply Share
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    Font - rexus_mundi 9 hr. ago. . edited 8 hr. ago What I would do is stay in contact with all the other woman and approach a lawyer together. A similar situation happened to my mother. While the termination was technically legal, the counselors were able
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    Font - to successfully argue a pattern of discrimination with the company. I.e. woman of a certain age all losing their jobs and all being replaced by men. Edit: in a situation like this, most consultations will be free, or extremely cheap. Don't be afraid
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    Font - to talk to a few different attorneys. I wouldn't expect a massive payout, but my mother and her coworkers were able to negotiate a significant severance package. Legal fees were minimal. ↑ 70 70 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - MrDENieland. 12 hr. ago Sounds very much like someone thinks getting pregnant or even the possibility of a near future pregnancy is too much for the business to handle, so they went looking for any excuse to fire and avoid a wrongful termination lawsuit.
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    Font - Why they thought that is anyone's guess. Personal issues? Jealousy and envy? Maybe her husband had a thing for pregnant ladies? Maybe they didn't want maternity leave? Whatever the reason, sounds like the company was at the
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    Font - least unethical and immoral, but probably was trying to do it "legally", for whatever that is worth. It sucks in the near term for all of you, but be glad you got out of there before all the stress they were surely going to pile on you affected you too much.
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    Font - KaydeeKaine 5 hr. ago Pregnant women are a protected class and firing them for this reason is unlawful. There's nothing legal about these terminations.
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    Font - NoMoreMonkeyBrain 9 hr. ago Honestly, if you all have this experience you should contact a lawyer. This is definitely discrimination based on belonging to a protected class, and the fact that the triggers can include marriage/pregnancy also ups the stakes for the company.
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    Font - hsmith19989 hr. ago My wife underwent the same thing. She got demoted while on maternity leave. We settled out of court. 19 Reply Share
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    Font - everybodyknowsdikbut 9 hr. ago Worked under a VP who pretty much disowned anyone who had children. Felt like she couldn't get anything more out of people when they had additional responsibilities outside of work. BTW I'm a guy.
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    Font - One year like 6 people in marketing wound up having new babies - within 3 years all of us left or were let go. She's one of the worst people I've ever known. She's no longer there but she lasted way too long. 19 Reply Share

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