What is the name of your state? MA
I worked in a small company in MA for over 3 years. The company had a group of people who were responsible for bringing in revenue. The group was typically 5-6 people but over 20 people were hired and fired in 3 years. In the middle of last year, a new supervisor was hired who immediately let go off 3-4 people within the group and hired people on his own. He started making my life very difficult and although I tried my best to work with him, I kept feeling that he had a personal agenda to get rid of me. Over the past month, he started telling other people in our group that he was gong to fire me; he also told them that I was earning more than them and he was trying to create dissonance within the group. His attitude towards me was very hostile and he became very dismissive towards me in our group meetings. Moreover, the supervisor also promised a raise to one of my colleagues if he would write an email building up a case against me. My colleague refused to write anything negative about me; the supervisor did not like this and kept asking for some "negative" feedback on me, promising to offer a raise. Eventually, I was let go. I do have the emails that the supervisor wrote to my ex-colleague and was wondering if I have any rights as an employee. The company wants me to sign a termination agreement wherein they have offered 2 weeks severance pay, provided I waive all my rights and also promise to have a non-compete with them for 1 year. Please advise.
I worked in a small company in MA for over 3 years. The company had a group of people who were responsible for bringing in revenue. The group was typically 5-6 people but over 20 people were hired and fired in 3 years. In the middle of last year, a new supervisor was hired who immediately let go off 3-4 people within the group and hired people on his own. He started making my life very difficult and although I tried my best to work with him, I kept feeling that he had a personal agenda to get rid of me. Over the past month, he started telling other people in our group that he was gong to fire me; he also told them that I was earning more than them and he was trying to create dissonance within the group. His attitude towards me was very hostile and he became very dismissive towards me in our group meetings. Moreover, the supervisor also promised a raise to one of my colleagues if he would write an email building up a case against me. My colleague refused to write anything negative about me; the supervisor did not like this and kept asking for some "negative" feedback on me, promising to offer a raise. Eventually, I was let go. I do have the emails that the supervisor wrote to my ex-colleague and was wondering if I have any rights as an employee. The company wants me to sign a termination agreement wherein they have offered 2 weeks severance pay, provided I waive all my rights and also promise to have a non-compete with them for 1 year. Please advise.