Monday, I'll be axed to leave the company

[Xipe Totec]

35. Thanks everyone for your support! I have an update.

So I talked to an attorney.

The first thing he said was: This is a perfect case to present to a law class at Harvard:

Company located in Massachusetts, employee located in Texas, and Boss located in California. The question:

What labor law to apply, Massachusetts? California? Texas? or Federal.

He went on to say that there's enough evidence to indicate indicate age discrimination plus the aggravating factor of health condition. That the case could potentially be worth a million dollars and maybe a bit more. The key tell, is that they hired another person to take my place, with similar abilities but much younger.

After discussing the costs of taking on the case and the possibilities of settling before getting to court filings, which are dauntingly expensive, I decided to go forward and hire the attorney to represent me.

It means I have to ignore the severance package giving me two months with benefits, but I think the risk is worth it so I'm going to take the case as far as I can and see what I can squeeze from the company before I run out of funds.

Wish me luck, and I'll keep you posted from time to time.