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Unlawful & Deceptive Employer Conduct and Bad Faith

I was hired into an exec position. The title & scope of position was put in a signed employment agreement. The employer was in WA and I was based in CA. I didn't discover till later why I was having a hard time getting cooperation from staff at the WA headqtrs. I was perceived as not knowing ''my place.'' I didn't know I had been given the title in my contract, ''in name only'' which the Chrmn of the Board was telling everyone (and later in my presence). I was also shocked to see my name was listed on the published company org chart in line with the sales force while the box listing my very sr title (reporting to the Pres) showed the position as ''vacant.'' Yet I had the contractual duty to do this job. The Chrmn told me this had all been done for internal political reasons.

The misperception about my role resulted in written complaints about me to HR confidentially read to me by the Chrmn. These were sanitized from my personnel file when I requested a copy from HR. I was subsequently forced to resign & accept a consulting position doing the exact same job but with no benefits. The Separation Agreement was later breached by Mgt who violated the terms about not publicly disclosing that my resignation was forced.

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