throwaway8995

I haven’t looked into it. Thanks for the heads up. But, at this point, if lawyers are turning me down, idk what the NLRB can do

I’ve come to find out that it’s not illegal if they let you go for other reasons than taking paternity. Getting this to court is hella expensive and uncertain. So, it’s up to me to fight it and show that they let me go for paternity alone.

It might be illegal, but the onus is on me.

I don’t want to detract too much from this discussion, but I can provide insight into what kind of bullying company AmEx truly is, and how their ethos permeates throughout everything they do.

I worked for AmEx for about 5 years. Everything was going great, and they announced a 5-month paternity leave program. I’m not going to lie, but it made it a lot easier to decide on having a child. Long story short, my son was born, I took paternity leave, and got laid off after 2 months into my paternity.

I get that I’m an at will employee, which is what lawyers keep telling me. It’s true that large companies, not just tech companies exert a lot of power, especially when it comes to swaying what’s ethical and what’s not. That’s a whole separate discussion, but AmEx clearly used me to send a message- don’t act on our gesture... or else. Influencing future behavior is what AmEx is really good at. Not credit cards.