She won, i was terminated last week. All of the retaliation began after i made a complaint in 2024. I work in a major pharma group and they were so strategic on this. But maybe it’s for the better in the end because she makes it impossible for anyone to advance in that career/group.
I was terminated from my five-year role with a major pharmaceutical company two weeks ago unexpected but they were decreasing my workload significantly and hiring new people in my group. They gave me a poor yearly review with a lot of reaching points that really didn’t make a whole lot of sense, but they stuck to their point and lower view so they based my termination on that. But I have a history of making a complaint on my former coworker and former boss at that time for bullying/not allow allowing me to take FMLA. And I was put on a pip immediately after my complaints were made. I reached out to a employment lawyer last week and they said that I have a solid case and to move forward with it, but my sister who works in HR for a major company said to go through the EEOC.
I told her I’m not sure I’m reading that it could take a while through them and like a lot of people don’t have success with going through the EEOC.
Thoughts?
I was with my company for 5 years (remote). The group i was with went through a management change year 3. The new manager was brutal, and we lost 2 coworkers quick because of how horrible she was. It was so bad, i ended up with a nervous breakdown and had to go to the hospital multiple times. My doctor put me on FMLA, which i didn’t really take because my coworker made me feel bad. I ended up reporting my boss for a few things. After that she put me on a PIP. Which i did well, it didn’t seem like she wanted to fire me but see my succeed. She was removed and we got another new manager late 2025. I was told I’m doing fine. Come this spring, i got a bad review and they took my work away. I was fired this Monday for setting up a meeting with HR to discuss my imbalance workload. No real reason, just made up stuff that they didn’t have anything to back up. Theres a lot of other important stuff in-between that might help my case.
It does seem like retaliation but they took their time with it.
Is this worth a case?
I was terminated last week with no cause other than they said I’m not meeting expectations but i think this is because i reported my former boss at one point and coworker for bullying. He put me on a pip immediately, i passed the pip and was doing fine but they gave me a bad review with points that didn’t make sense, didn’t add up and gave me a reduced workload and that was the main cause for a bad review. HR didn’t help me.
Everyone is saying it’s retaliation but i wouldn’t know where to begin.
Note: major pharma company.
No goodbye and goodluck, just this.
I know this is a long shot but was wondering if a part time or fulltime remote project manager roles exist in this field.
I have an environmental degree plus some ecological field work experience (ten years ago) but have been in the big pharma fields since.
I always wish i could apply my current role(PM) in my degree but I’m 40 now and i really don’t see myself being able to handle field work like i used to.
Any insight or direction?