Seagate To Pay Former Worker $1.9M For Phantom Job

Lucas123 writes "The jury in a Minnesota-based wrongful employment case delivered a verdict ordering disk-drive manufacturer Seagate to pay $1.9 million to a former employee who uprooted his family and career at Texas Instruments in Dallas to move to Minnesota for a job that did not exist. The man was supposed to be developing solid state drive technology for Seagate but was laid off months later. 'The reason that was given is that he was hired to be a yield engineer but the project never came to fruition,' the former employee's attorney said. 'They didn't care what effect it had on his career.'"

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[NotQuiteReal]

Um... I don't have a dog in this fight, but AFAIK performing "corporate theatrics" while looking for a partner is not "knowingly false" until the search falls thru...

I am sure Seagate wasn't trying to personally jerk around this one guy. What if the partner had been found and everything was cool?

While unfortunate for Vaidyanathan, as far as the Seagate thing goes, it sounds like he won a lawsuit lottery to the tune of 1.9 $M (for which I am sure his lawyer is happy to take %40).

Oh, and if it was characterized as "damages" he probably doesn't have to pay income tax on it.