My boss refuses to work with me and is pressuring me to find another job. It’s personal as he’s biased against female subordinates and I came into the role with significant experience. I’ve been volunteering for projects outside my team to stay busy. I’m worried as he is the boss’ golden child. I’m looking for jobs but the market sucks. I’ve thought about getting a lawyer. What’s my best course of action?

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I would get really active in networking for my next role.

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Submit an EEOC. That’s discrimination. You’ll name him and the company will find out. And it will be investigated eventually.

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It will be a public record that every future employer will see on a background check and will get you eliminated from consideration.

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Document everything and consult an employment attorney to understand your rights and cover your bases.

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Here’s what ChatGPT came up with

“Employment lawsuits typically do not show up on standard employment background checks, which usually focus on criminal records, credit history, and verification of employment and education.

However, more thorough checks could include searches of civil litigation records, where lawsuits like discrimination cases are filed.

Whether such a search is conducted can depend on the employer’s policies or the specific job’s requirements. It’s not common practice for most positions, but it’s possible in theory.“

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Has he put you on a PIP?
If not, check out open positions inside. Are you close with another leader? Ask them for advice.

Thanks. No PIP.

I am looking internally but haven’t found anything promising.

I’m fairly new to the company so don’t have a great network of senior people to leverage.

Please begin documenting things if you haven’t already

Look online for the best way to document discrimination

Some of the best practices include things that show dates and times, and irrefutable evidence of communication - such as screenshots screenshots

Contemporaneous handwritten notes are fine as well. One clever thing to do is take a picture of the notes next to an Apple Watch that shows the date and time

This is just in case you decide to pursue legal action later. Legal action does not necessarily have to include the EEOC. There is another law that isn’t as burdensome or limiting as the EEOC route. The EEOC route has a high-level of administrative burden and time. There’s also a $300,000 cap on damages. So the other law can be more appealing, depending on your attorney’s perspective. Again, suing an employer takes a significant mental and financial toll, which most are not ready to pay. But if you have notes and pictures and evidence, and you reach out to a lawyer, they may be able to send a demand letter to get you a good severance.

As you’re doing this, be careful to not let this take over the time that you need to be doing your job

You’re also going to need to start applying elsewhere right now

Thank you. This is really helpful!

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