My husband was a district manager for a well-known company. They recently merged his position with another, thereby eliminating his position altogether. They gave him two options - take a severance package or take another position within the company. We both really wanted to take the sev. pkg. Partly because we know this company WELL! My husband has worked for them for over 25 yrs. They've told us one thing and done another before. They take advantage of their most loyal employees all the time, and we were thinking maybe we should get out while we can. But with the economy the way it is, we were afraid he'd have a hard time finding another job. So he decided to take another position.
He had been a store manager before he was a district mgr, so that was his first choice. But because he hadn't been a store mgr for about five yrs, they wanted him to go back and work in a store as a co-mgr or asst. mgr. They even told him they felt he'd "have a store within 6 mos." That was three mos ago, and now they're telling him he can't even "sign up for ANYTHING for a yr." ("sign up" means to apply for another position)
If he had known this up front, he'd have definitely taken the sev pkg. But they lied, as usual. Does he have any kind of legal recourse? Can you sue your employer for lying? Can I, as his wife, sue for mental anguish or something like that? (I'm pissed and would give my right arm to tell 'em all what I think of them, but of course that would only hurt my husband in the end.)
He had been a store manager before he was a district mgr, so that was his first choice. But because he hadn't been a store mgr for about five yrs, they wanted him to go back and work in a store as a co-mgr or asst. mgr. They even told him they felt he'd "have a store within 6 mos." That was three mos ago, and now they're telling him he can't even "sign up for ANYTHING for a yr." ("sign up" means to apply for another position)
If he had known this up front, he'd have definitely taken the sev pkg. But they lied, as usual. Does he have any kind of legal recourse? Can you sue your employer for lying? Can I, as his wife, sue for mental anguish or something like that? (I'm pissed and would give my right arm to tell 'em all what I think of them, but of course that would only hurt my husband in the end.)