Defamation,Misrepresentation,Discriminatory Conduct by Management

[Anonymous <no_email@fake.address>]

Presently, I am involved in a settlement with the largest brokerage
firm in the business.  Although my situation does not fall neatly under
the guidelines of the law, I thought due to its uniqueness it would be an interesting
story to tell.

On March 1st, of 1997, my company downsized me after nine years of excellent service, primarily due to
a relationship that I had with a Senior Level male manager in the company that ended badly.
Bluntly speaking, this male manager is a womanizing, lying snake.  At the same time he was secretly
dating me, he was dating one of his female supervisors.  To make a long story short, this male manager
who we will call Mike ended things with me in a very cruel and sadistic manner in order to cover himself
from any type of sexual harrassment issue and to prevent this other women from finding out the truth about me,
he turned the tables and said I was harrassing him and pursuing him.  He made statements to Employee Relations
which were not true.  He put me in such an embarrassing and difficult situation there was not way for me to 
defend myself against him.  He is skilled at manipulating and because his position was more valued and needed, in
order to prevent any conflict, my company let me go.

And that is not the end of it, during the ending of our relationship which may I tell you I didn't even
know it was over until my company called me into the office.   I became pregnant by this person, and after the
episode with Employee Relations the next day I went to try and talk with my ex-boyfriend at his home and he purposely
had me arrested for harrassing him.  He also had our company give him a bodyguard as a witness.  I was so appalled at
his unbelievable behavior and at my company for treating me so badly that I completely went into a state of shock.  I ended
up two days later in a car accident due to the high degree of stress I was under, and mind you, this was all happening one 
month before Christmas.  

We ended up going to court and to save money in court costs
and to clear my name, I was forced to pay Mike's attorney plus my own.  
Talk about a man who literally should have just taken a knife and cut out my heart.
I was in a serious financial jam, and this man didn't care and My company ended up
supporting him.  Also let me remind you, he is goodlooking, and charming.
I later discovered this guy went out afterwards and bought a mercedes.
Not to mention he already owns a BMW and a Poarche.
Like he really needed the money.

I am now up from 16 weeks to a 26 week severance package and I am still wondering if I should
pursue court proceedings or just accept the offer.

There is so much more in addition to this story that revolves around harrassment from managers 
behind closed doors where there are never any witness's.  

It really makes me not want to ever work for a major corporation again.  My position was a mid-level
position.  I was told at the end, that I was making too much money and that it was time for me to move
on.  The company started useing me to train other employees to do my job and proceeded to make up things 
just to get me out the door.  They delibertly started looking for the slightest errors in work and began 
documenting me.  Things were being put in my file I was unaware of, work that I didn't even do.  Petty things
like coming in 5 minutes late and being overdocumented purposely for it  while others were strolling in at the
same time.  I noticed I was not able to state my opinion to others without a manager being involved and then
interpreting things the wrong way just to finding ways to protect themselves yet create a way legally to terminate me.
The harrassment I endured was like walking on eggshells everyday.  I must say I highly do not recommend
financial institutions for women unless you have a tough edge.  I have worked with Portfolio Managers with
egos so big they treat you like dirt simply because of their positions and because management allows them to get away
with it.  And you have to tolerate it or management ended up write you up and stating you had interpersonal problems.
It was  horrible!!!

After my experience, I have decided to pursue a Law degree and I would like to 
emphasize on Employment Issues.  I think it's the only way I can focus on the positive
and try to heal from what has happend to me.