Tesla fires female engineer who alleged sexual harassment
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Tesla fires female engineer who alleged sexual harassment
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Re: Tesla fires female engineer who alleged sexual harassment
#2Is there many cases where you sue your employer, go make public statements about the case and still have a job at the end of the day?
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#3Moral of the story: If you sue your employer in an at-will state, you're very likely to be fired.
Now, the only winners will be the lawyers.
Re: Tesla fires female engineer who alleged sexual harassment
#4Is there many cases where you sue your employer, go make public statements about the case and still have a job at the end of the day?
Well, I guess the question at the end of the day is if her claims have merit. If she can prove the discrimination, her termination is illegal. If she's been unreasonable, and Tesla has indeed, as it claims, made every effort to meet her needs, I absolutely can see why they'd fire her.
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#5This sounds terrible for Tesla in many directions. Either she is right, in which case Tesla sounds very bad. Alternatively, Tesla is completely right (which I personally don't believe), in which case as they confess that : "Vandermeyden had been granted numerous positions “over other more qualified candidates” and was “given special treatment and opportunities for advancement that were unwarranted based on her qualifications”."
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#6Therese Lawless, Vandermeyden’s attorney
Now that's a career name.
Re: Tesla fires female engineer who alleged sexual harassment
#7Is there many cases where you sue your employer, go make public statements about the case and still have a job at the end of the day?
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#8>At the time, Vandermeyden said she was hopeful her lawsuit and public comments would not end her career at the company.
How could she honestly expect to keep her job with an employer she is sueing and smearing in the media? Why would she even want to continue working there?
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#9Side note: "Therese Lawless, Vandermeyden’s attorney"
A lawyer named "Lawless" in real life.
It's like there could actually be a Dewey, Cheetham, and Howe LLP
Re: Tesla fires female engineer who alleged sexual harassment
#10Therese Lawless, Vandermeyden’s attorney Now that's a career name.
Nominative determinism at work perhaps?