Is it legal if company humiliated me for a month in an attempt to force me to quit and then offered a much lower paying position but fired me when I accepted it?
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Is it legal if company humiliated me for a month in an attempt to force me to quit and then offered a much lower paying position but fired me when I accepted it?
I’ve had perfect performance reviews with this company. They hired a new VP for the company and all of a sudden I realized that I was targeted by corporate bullies to be pushed out of my position. There were 3 to 5 corporate employees who belittled me and humiliated me for 4 weeks. I lost sleep every night and had knots in my stomach from not knowing what to do or how I would provide for my family. I’ve lost weight and started smoking cigarettes everyday also would drink alcohol to try to ease the pain. They harassed me in such a way that it had me questioning my whole life. I’m not sure of the reason but I heard that it was because I was stereotyped as a redneck.
Asked on May 6, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Mississippi
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 4 years ago | Contributor
Yes, this is legal. At the end of the day, employment in this country is "employment at will": you have no rights to guaranty of a job or of fair treatment at work. You can be bullied and harassed in an attempt to get you to quit; you can be offered a lower paying position (or simply transferred against your will to it if the company wants); and can be terminated at any time, for any reason, including that they "stereotype" you as a "redneck" (since "redneck" or the cultural stereotypes about you or how you act/dress/speak/etc. is not a protected category under the law).
Furthermore, you have no claims about the impact of the stress from this on your life: 1) since they had the right to do this, you can't sue them--you can't sue people for doing what they legally may; 2) under "employment at will," it is also assumed that if you don't like a job or how you are treated, that you will find other employement--quitting and gettign a different job is your recourse.
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