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Andrew Pardo, a former intern at Steve Cohen’s Point72, sues the company.
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Pardo’s suit states that he was fired after he had asked for accommodations for his PTSD.
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Point72 said in a statement that the suit is ‘ridiculous and without merit’.
A former trainee Point72 says he asked the company for a quieter desk – and was fired instead. Now he sues the $ 39.9 billion hedge fund from Steve Cohen.
Andrew Pardo, die in de zomerstageklasse van het bedrijf zat na het voltooien van zijn juniorjaar aan de Universiteit van Michigan, beweert in zijn rechtszaak dat hij werd ontslagen nadat hij vroeg om naar een bureau te verhuizen in een minder verhandeld gebied omdat hij lijdt aan PTSD, of post-traumatische stressstoornis, een psychiatrische toestand, een psychiatrische toestand die hij had gediagnosticeerd met fysiek misbruik.
“The moment the plaintiff has announced his handicap, Point72 did not treat him as an active to be supported, but as a liability to be managed,” said the complaint on Tuesday in the State of the State of New York.
Pardo’s lawsuit accuses Point72 of violating the state laws of the New York State and City based on disability and race.
“This complaint, for which the plaintiff claims $ 20 million compensation in connection with his summer internship, is ridiculous and without merit. We are planning to tackle these things in the right forum,” the Hedeshonds wrote in a statement.
Pardo’s lawyer, Lindsay Goldbrum, said that the $ 20 million figure was used as “a procedural placeholder” and that, with the case, her side has not specified any compensation.
The complaint claims that Pardo was sitting with his back to a busy corridor, and to have his back in spaces with unpredictable movement exposed behind him is a “specific somatic trigger” that ensures that he experiences “flashbacks, panic symptoms and emotional dys regulation that functions considerably”. While the suit states that he was eventually moved to a new desk, he was fired shortly thereafter.
Pardo’s suit also claims that the culture of the company was ‘characterized by heavy drinking’, of which Pardo tells him difficult to work with PTSD. Pardo did not go to an intern Happy Hour after an episode on his first day and later heard from his colleagues that “these events were not only social meetings.”
“They were informal transition rituals, where interns would be expected to consume large quantities of alcohol in the presence of Point72 staff and recruitment staff,” reads the suit, which also claimed that a strong employee smoked marijuana with interns. Marijuana is legal in New York, where Pardo worked shortly before the company.
Goldbrum, a partner at Goddard Law, who represents Pardo, said that the matter issues emphasized around inclusion in ‘elite industries’. In a message about LinkedIn, Pardo wrote that submitting the court case is ‘one of the most important steps in my life’.
“I share my story publicly because no one should be confronted with retribution or discrimination for pleading for their basic rights and well -being. Companies must be held responsible when their actions contradict their promises, especially about crucial issues such as mental health, diversity and inclusion,” he wrote.
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