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LayoffsApr 27
Robinhood445566

Fired without warning, no severance. Top performer.

Not an isolated case. Happens often enough in the company to where while it's of course shocking in the moment, it's not surprising. Curious if anyone has experience working with an employment lawyer to negotiate a severance package. Appreciate any expertise / guidance / referrals 🙏🏻. #employmentlaw #legalcounsel #termination #severance #layoff #Google #Meta #Amazon #Microsoft #Airbnb #Spotify #Pinterest #Snowflake #Samsara #Block

Intel SEKN07 Apr 27

Move to Europe at least we have employment laws to prevent this sort of shenanigans

Google phsjlwer Apr 27

@nannetb but Europeans often do not need to pay for their kids college education. We pay $80k a year per kid. Think about that for a moment, not to mention healthcare and retirement cares

PayPal bliUgT Apr 27

Americans think money is equal to happiness lol. Even though none of the money stays in their pockets, they’re like a dog chasing its tail

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ypkd6 Apr 27

Last time I checked, employment is at will. Means any party can end the relationship with or without a reason.

Microsoft stockgoup Apr 27

Would be nice if his own manager had the balls to do it. Legal and moral are not the same thing.

Microsoft stockgoup Apr 27

Its your leadership that sucks then. My condolences.

Raptive dtzX40 Apr 27

That's fucking horse shit. If you want a referral to my current place (the one next to my name) lemme know. You can use it as interview practice if you want.

Oracle tette5 Apr 27

You are a kind person.

Oracle tette5 Apr 27

Not sure why you won't write Raptive and instead write 9 words to mean it.

Google eiπ Apr 27

You can still sue if they broke their code of conduct and published policies. If you're angry, call an employment lawyer for a consultation.

Expedia Group babypwasi! Apr 27

Racial biased? Sounds like that manager backstabbed

Roku rukor Apr 27

I don’t think its easy to use the racial card unless Op is in some “protected” groups

Apple yr6BaI1sM Apr 27

Were you fired for cause?

SoundCloud cXkd8ogy3 Apr 27

Silent layoff comes into play 😨

Motive NQnP11 Apr 27

TC? Could be “overpaid” but youre the only one with the most accurate guess.

Amazon clug Apr 27

You aren’t going to win any legal victory without tons of hard evidence of actual discrimination against some legally protected attribute. It may be worth contracting a labor attorney just to have them look over your severance package and make recommendations. But your employer has absolutely no incentive to implement any changes that the attorney suggests. That said, I worked at PayPal and got laid off. I took the severance letter to an Labor/Employment attorney, and he made one suggestion about moving like $10k of the package to a different classification (like, ‘Future education reimbursement’), and much to both his and my surprise, PayPal accepted the changes. Net effect to me was that $10k of the severance moved to a non-taxed status.

Google HCOL2LCOL Apr 27

Do you have a contact for employment attorney?

Robinhood 445566 OP Apr 27

There was no severance.

F5 Networks tgboms43 Apr 27

That sucks! DM for f5 referral