Honestly...

Without a surplus of Direct Evidence in the form of numerous Audio ​Recordings, Witnesses, Written Documentation, etc; I probably wouldn’t ​have done it.

Without knowing without a doubt that the law is on my side; I probably ​wouldn’t have done it.

Without my statute of limitations nearing expiration deadlines; I probably ​wouldn’t have done it.

Without my original attorney having to be hospitalized due to ​complications from cardiovascular issues; I probably wouldn’t have done it ​(But, that was the one part of all of this that no one could have avoided).

I probably would not have done something so scary and unthinkable for ​me. Sue a huge corporation on my own? Going forth as a Pro Se Litigant ​and suing Federal Express without a lawyer has been both an empowering ​and frightening experience, but because I know my rights and how my ​former employer, FedEx violated those rights, I am inspired to do this ​afraid and against the odds.

What I endured from FedEx broke something in me. It broke my peace. My spirit. My trust in people. My ​trust in authority. It took away my ability to live life without anxiety attacks. My life before migraines. My ​life before crying spells from grief and distress. My life before PTSD symptoms which I was able to identify ​through therapy . My resolve about how having good work ethic would be my saving grace in workplace ​situations. It hindered my life, my mental health, my income, my time.

I want my nightmare experience of employer retaliation involving denial ​of promotions, prolonged infliction of mental anguish, emotional distress, ​psychological abuse/gaslighting, character assassination/defamation, and ​bribery to hopefully empower and encourage those who are also ​victimized employees of corporations who use their power to abuse those ​on their payroll (and formerly on their payroll) in every way.

For nearly two years I worked at FedEx. The location I worked at was in ​the luxury resort in Grapevine, TX which was picturesque at first sight ​and a hidden nightmare behind the facade of marble floors, chandeliers, ​ballrooms, and lovely views of the lake that surrounded the vast property.

I wanted to grow at FedEx. It was my goal. As a then 25-year-old graduate ​student I saw opportunities and ways to flourish especially in this ​particular location where I felt I had opportunity to BOTH grow as a ​proud FedEx employee; as well as the opportunity to develop as a reliable ​FedEx employee in a high demand location where (seemingly) it would ​matter to rise to all of the challenges. Then it all started to fall apart taking ​my mental health with it...

...when a white female team member (we’ll call her Harassing Coworker - “K”) was hired a while after me. ​As soon as this new team member arrived she would make it a point - as if it was an amusing sport - to ​maliciously stalk, torment, bully, sabotage me, then escalate to multiple occurrences of unwanted touching, ​acts of physical aggression, and acts of physical intimidation that included charging at me and invading my ​personal space while giving me a hostile interrogation.

Because I believed FedEx would honor their own strict company policies against Workplace Harassment, ​Workplace Violence, and Workplace Discrimination, I was confident that they would surely help ​me...SILLY ME...and I reported the acts of harassment to my direct FedEx supervisors and district level ​FedEx HR.

This is how they responded:

On November 2, 2022 - My FedEx District Manager (we’ll call him “CR”) told me that I was required to ​endure and tolerate escalating discriminatory harassment, abuse, workplace violence, and work in more ​close, frequent, and isolated proximity with my Harassing Coworker - “K” or else he had…

“NO NEED” for me.

On September 9, 2022 - My FedEx Store Manager (we’ll call him “JH”) told me that he had “been through ​this type of situation before” and that he knew that, “…It [the violent, persistent workplace harassment] ​was NOT going to stop.” He shrugged, “There’s nothing we [FedEx] can do about it.”

On October 17, 2022 - My FedEx Store Manager - “JH” told me that there were only “TWO OPTIONS”

OPTION #1 - Continue to report about the ongoing Workplace Violence and Workplace Harassment and ​I would definitely face forcible transfer or having my hours and pay reduced.

OPTION #2 - Never report about the workplace violence and workplace harassment again he told me ​verbatim, “even if it doesn’t stop just learn to let it roll off like water off a duck’s back...It comes down to ​do you want it [the harassment] to bother you or not? Let's say it doesn’t stop? It comes down to those ​two options…YOU HAVE TO AQUIRE SOME THICKER SKIN…You just haven’t been as exposed to a ​variety of people!

IT’S ABOUT YOUR PERCEPTION ISSUES!”

On November 2, 2022 - When I explained how alarming and unsettling the stalking event by my Harassing ​Coworker - “K” had been for me and another African-American team member, District Manager - “CR” ​ignored it completely by immediately changing the subject, laughing about the logo on my face mask. “CR” ​then shrugged and told me, “Well, you’re not going to like everyone you work with.”

When I begged Store Manager - “JH” to understand that I was literally becoming AFRAID of my ​Harassing Coworker - “K” for exhibiting signs of “a hostile fixation on me”...He balked and laughed in ​my face telling me, “Well YOU have a fixation on her fixation!”....Yeah, more gaslighting.

This was STILL nowhere near where the nightmare ended.

FedEx District Manager - “CR” had more in store for me to suffer with as a punishment for speaking out ​and speaking up for myself and doing the forbidden act of exercising my legal civil rights by participating in ​a protected activity reporting workplace harassment, discrimination, and employer retaliation.

He DEFAMED me - with FedEx HR - to my coworkers to further silence, isolate, humiliate, discredit, and ​harm me.