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Is there many cases where you sue your employer, go make public statements about the case and still have a job at the end of the day?

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Well, I guess the question at the end of the day is if her claims have merit. If she can prove the discrimination, her termination is illegal. If she's been unreasonable, and Tesla has indeed, as it claims, made every effort to meet her needs, I absolutely can see why they'd fire her.

I don't think that's the relevant point, as they are two separate things: 1) was she discrimated against?; 2) as the parent says, are her subsequent actions legal grounds for firing her regardless?

She can be a victim and still subsequently act in breach of her contract (acknowledging that the contract must be legal).

Tesla isn't merely claiming they've met her needs, they're actually claiming that she's received privileged treatment because she's a woman:

> Tesla added that Vandermeyden had been granted numerous positions “over other more qualified candidates” and was “given special treatment and opportunities for advancement that were unwarranted based on her qualifications”.

Tesla says, and Vandermeyden says something else. But if this is going to court, I suspect the outcome is very much going to depend on which party can prove their side of the story.

Wow they must be really screwed up at Tesla then.

They didn't mention "b/c she was a woman" at all.

> Tesla isn't merely claiming they've met her needs, they're actually claiming that she's received privileged treatment because she's a woman:

If that's true, they are admitting to sexual discrimination and opening themselves up to further lawsuits.

I didn't see where they said it was special treatment b/c she was a woman. They just said it was special treatment (based on my reading of the article).

Tenured professor is one exception I know of (but they're usually an exception in many things). Didn't know the story personally, but heard from other colleagues when I worked at a college.

In federal and state government jobs, you can sue and stay.

> Is there many cases where you sue your employer, go make public statements about the case and still have a job at the end of the day?

Usually not, but only because things rarely progress to the point of a lawsuit for the kind of thing where such a firing would be illegal retaliation without the employment ending before the suit (allowing illegal termination—whether direct or constructive—to be included in the lawsuit claims.)

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