jason97673
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What is the name of your state? PA
Ill start off by saying I do have an attorney, but I have been trying to do research on how much a settlement offer would be valued.
The specifics,
I have the FMLA and was fired due to going over my estimated number of absences I went over by 1 day, so they asked for re certification. I had a doctor appointment set up to get that cert. However, they went and allegedly called the doctor them self and now my absences thereafter were denied so I was fired for attendance policy. Thats a basic run down but Im not here to see if I can win that because I know I can.
I was fired back on October 31st, its now march and we have pursued all the way to talking about settlements. At first they wanted to throw 2500 dollars and thats a slap in the face offer.
The following is the information I have that I believe should give me a lot higher settlement but they dont think it is reasonable.
I work for a company in the top 50 on the fortune 500 list. It is an international company founded in 1898. The company had over 63 billion dollars in revenue in 2017. This is obviously important because large companies you typically ask for more then a local ma and pa shop.
I have been with the company since 2012, in my department I am 21st in seniority at 7 years. The people above me have been there between 7 and 32 years. Job is stable. Since I went full time in 2015 NO-ONE has been fired (but me) and ONLY 3 people quit, two for promotions and 1 to a different company. It is a job that can be defined as a "job for life".
I wanted 3-5 years front pay at 45k a year, putting me at an offer of 225k. But you always start a bit higher then what you want so I went with 250k. They come back and say it is not reasonable;e and may only do 1/3rd to a fourth of that.
I bought a house in 2017 and a car that year, and I am starting to get the mortgage companies talking about foreclosure options. If I lose my house and possibly my car, I wont be taking anything less then a trial decision which will result in alot more then the 250k because having a foreclosure and repossession ruins your credit for a long time and now unable to buy a house or car without decent APR.
So my question is 250k a reasonable starting offer for a company this big? If they offered 150K to end it now, I think I would accept just to end things and move on. But 50-60K dollars may help me stop foreclosure proceedings. But around here doing the job I got fired as made $21 dollars an hour, and this career job is the only job I have ever found where you can make that much with no experience or education(although I do have college degree)
Ill start off by saying I do have an attorney, but I have been trying to do research on how much a settlement offer would be valued.
The specifics,
I have the FMLA and was fired due to going over my estimated number of absences I went over by 1 day, so they asked for re certification. I had a doctor appointment set up to get that cert. However, they went and allegedly called the doctor them self and now my absences thereafter were denied so I was fired for attendance policy. Thats a basic run down but Im not here to see if I can win that because I know I can.
I was fired back on October 31st, its now march and we have pursued all the way to talking about settlements. At first they wanted to throw 2500 dollars and thats a slap in the face offer.
The following is the information I have that I believe should give me a lot higher settlement but they dont think it is reasonable.
I work for a company in the top 50 on the fortune 500 list. It is an international company founded in 1898. The company had over 63 billion dollars in revenue in 2017. This is obviously important because large companies you typically ask for more then a local ma and pa shop.
I have been with the company since 2012, in my department I am 21st in seniority at 7 years. The people above me have been there between 7 and 32 years. Job is stable. Since I went full time in 2015 NO-ONE has been fired (but me) and ONLY 3 people quit, two for promotions and 1 to a different company. It is a job that can be defined as a "job for life".
I wanted 3-5 years front pay at 45k a year, putting me at an offer of 225k. But you always start a bit higher then what you want so I went with 250k. They come back and say it is not reasonable;e and may only do 1/3rd to a fourth of that.
I bought a house in 2017 and a car that year, and I am starting to get the mortgage companies talking about foreclosure options. If I lose my house and possibly my car, I wont be taking anything less then a trial decision which will result in alot more then the 250k because having a foreclosure and repossession ruins your credit for a long time and now unable to buy a house or car without decent APR.
So my question is 250k a reasonable starting offer for a company this big? If they offered 150K to end it now, I think I would accept just to end things and move on. But 50-60K dollars may help me stop foreclosure proceedings. But around here doing the job I got fired as made $21 dollars an hour, and this career job is the only job I have ever found where you can make that much with no experience or education(although I do have college degree)