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Quoted By: >>17375615 >>17375661
>I did all the things you’re supposed to do: I communicated. I spoke to HR. I spoke to Legal. I spoke to my bosses. I kept records. I have witnesses. I was even offered a settlement. Then, instead of those terms being honored, in a very bizarre pseudo U-turn of events, I was offered a new contract with AEW in lieu of pursuing legal action. (For those of you wondering, I said “No, thanks.”). Oddly enough, I was also told the lawyer who offered me the original settlement had no authority to do so (that sounds like serious organizational dysfunction, but who am I to say?)
>After all my options to amicably resolve my issues with the company were exhausted, I was forced to defend myself with an attorney. We did what normal people do: we gave my former employer a very fair, discreet, and reasonable heads up by contacting his legal team (to paraphrase: “Hey guys, we’re going to be filing a legal complaint. Here is the complaint, you can even look at it ahead of time.”) Nobody was ambushed. Nobody was caught off-guard. In fact, one might argue that me choosing the unfortunate lawsuit option was telegraphed very clearly by two years of me trying all the other non-lawsuit options. Finally, after that very fair, very professional heads up, we filed.
>After all my options to amicably resolve my issues with the company were exhausted, I was forced to defend myself with an attorney. We did what normal people do: we gave my former employer a very fair, discreet, and reasonable heads up by contacting his legal team (to paraphrase: “Hey guys, we’re going to be filing a legal complaint. Here is the complaint, you can even look at it ahead of time.”) Nobody was ambushed. Nobody was caught off-guard. In fact, one might argue that me choosing the unfortunate lawsuit option was telegraphed very clearly by two years of me trying all the other non-lawsuit options. Finally, after that very fair, very professional heads up, we filed.
