I had target on my back since I went on parental leave. They laid me off stating AI restructuring. I see that they posted th1e same role including title 6 months later within same state another site. I do not have documentation on anything other than the final lay off zoom call. My manager made multiple comments during my tenure about my parental leave. I already moved on from this place. 3 extra resources were hired before I was let go to replace what I was doing. I smart enough to catch on to it and the resources are d-mb enough to not understand any training. Is there anything that I can do?
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The whole team remained other than me. Mind you those existing folks do way less than I do. The job wasn't moved to a low cost location. It was within same state and same pay range
@ep
It still doesn't hurt for the OP to talk to an employment lawyer to see what his/her options and rights are.
If filing a lawsuit means the OP must give back the severance, then the OP must consider that within the context of how much more money the OP can get from the lawsuit.
On the news: Kathleen Martin filed a lawsuit against COO Anand Selva because she was fired for refusing to Lie to Regulators about Citi's Data problems.
She did Not accept or take the severance, but received a sizable settlement.
@OP If you took the severance probably not. That is how they win.
Not correct. If the OP's job was re-posted for a different location, this still means Citi Fired the OP under the pretense of a "Layoff" because Citi re-posted the OP's same exact job, title, job description, duties etc. but Citi probably wants to hire in a low cost location.
So it wasn't a Layoff. It was a firing.
Regardless. The OP can still talk to an employee-sude parental discrimination lawyer.
@cb Men can take parental leave. Not just pregnant women.
If it moved to another location then its not yours. Were you the only person in Citi who did this job?
F&ck citi and Jane…they all are POS
My performance was consistently 3, I have been at citi for more than 3 years
The other posters must be HR trying to dissuade you from at least looking into what your rights, recourse, redress and options are by talking to a pregnancy discrimination lawyer.
If your job performance Ratings were 3s or higher BEFORE you were Laidoff, this shows you were Not fired for bad performance under the pretense of "Layoff".
You were Fired as a protected class because of familial/family reasons. This is part of the broad term of employee discrimination.
Again, you need to talk to a pregnancy discrimination lawyer.
I can tell you now that it probably will not matter. However, I can also confirm that the layoffs appear to be based on a combination of performance and tenure. I know many employees who have taken pregnancy or parental leave, so I do not believe that was the reason.
In our department, the layoffs were also used to remove problem employees, including low performers and people who were simply coasting. Since they are rehiring for your position only six months later, it sounds more likely that your layoff was performance-related.
You can Google and contact a pregnancy discrimination lawyer.
Move on if you haven't already. There is no point in having a grudge against these corps. In the off chance that you have documentation to sc--w them with, it takes too long and is too cumbersome. It's better to get a job elsewhere