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Thrown Under The Bus: The Rise And Fall Of An American Worker
Thrown Under the Bus is the compelling, frank, often heart-wrenching account of one woman’s courageous stand against workplace harassment—a nineteen-year odyssey that all but consumed her life as it nearly drove her to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
In this one-of-a-kind memoir, author Teresa Zerilli-Edelglass takes you behind the scenes of some the most egregious, mind-boggling workplace litigation you will likely ever know. Her day-in-court-turned-nearly two decades of hell brings you up close and personal with what she deems the “triangle of doom”—the vortex of doctors, lawyers and bureaucrats with whom she inevitably but necessarily becomes entangled—that forever managed to frustrate her fight for justice. If you ever thought suing your employer was an easy feat, this riveting, tell-all book will surely change your mind.
In this one-of-a-kind memoir, author Teresa Zerilli-Edelglass takes you behind the scenes of some the most egregious, mind-boggling workplace litigation you will likely ever know. Her day-in-court-turned-nearly two decades of hell brings you up close and personal with what she deems the “triangle of doom”—the vortex of doctors, lawyers and bureaucrats with whom she inevitably but necessarily becomes entangled—that forever managed to frustrate her fight for justice. If you ever thought suing your employer was an easy feat, this riveting, tell-all book will surely change your mind.
322 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 2013
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Teresa Zerilli-Edelglass
2 books3 followersBorn and raised in Staten Island, New York, author, Teresa Zerilli-Edelglass, now resides in New Jersey with her husband, Scott and their Cairn Terrier, Titan, and many cats. Ms. Zerilli-Edelglass earned a Bachelor of Science degree from St. John’s University in 1989 and an Executive Master in Public Administration in 1992. She set her sites on writing, a lifelong passion, after her career in the public sector ended in 1999.
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September 24, 2013
Thrown under the Bus is the cathartic tale of a woman who put herself through college and entered what she thought would be a career in a government job with what most people known by the acronym MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority), or buses and subways.
Thrown under the Bus takes place in the state of New York, and in the boroughs of New York City, at a time when most of the jobs were held by older white men whose opinion of women is that they should be at home in the kitchen.
There was blatant cronyism. Many male managers did whatever they could to get women to leave, and promotions to supervisory capacity filled by men; regardless of any qualified female candidates.
Being female in this work environment meant harassment, unrealistic expectations, and doing the work of people who should be doing the work because it was their job; not a subordinate who was doing their pay level job.
Working for a government agency isn’t all roses. In Thrown under the Bus, the harassment caused a women unbelievable stress, demotions, and all manner of means to get her to walk away from a career she put herself through college and desired above anything. Yet she persevered as along as humanly possible until such time as the work place became intolerable causing psychological problems.
Going to the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) only exacerbated her problems, and the EEOC representatives sided with her employer. Suing a government entity only caused more problems.
If a hostile work environment was not enough to endure, try having the MTA deny benefits because you have no union representation.
This saga went on for over a decade.
Every congressperson should receive a copy of Thrown under the Bus, and the master at arms should make them read it.
Thrown under the Bus takes place in the state of New York, and in the boroughs of New York City, at a time when most of the jobs were held by older white men whose opinion of women is that they should be at home in the kitchen.
There was blatant cronyism. Many male managers did whatever they could to get women to leave, and promotions to supervisory capacity filled by men; regardless of any qualified female candidates.
Being female in this work environment meant harassment, unrealistic expectations, and doing the work of people who should be doing the work because it was their job; not a subordinate who was doing their pay level job.
Working for a government agency isn’t all roses. In Thrown under the Bus, the harassment caused a women unbelievable stress, demotions, and all manner of means to get her to walk away from a career she put herself through college and desired above anything. Yet she persevered as along as humanly possible until such time as the work place became intolerable causing psychological problems.
Going to the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) only exacerbated her problems, and the EEOC representatives sided with her employer. Suing a government entity only caused more problems.
If a hostile work environment was not enough to endure, try having the MTA deny benefits because you have no union representation.
This saga went on for over a decade.
Every congressperson should receive a copy of Thrown under the Bus, and the master at arms should make them read it.
February 2, 2014
Amazing, Courageous Honest
A real life story of a courageous woman who stand her gound in her fight with her workplace.
A must read It is a real eye opener to what the justice system can beat you down.
A real life story of a courageous woman who stand her gound in her fight with her workplace.
A must read It is a real eye opener to what the justice system can beat you down.
March 16, 2015
I am definitely in the minority both on this site and others. I commend the author for taking on the system in fighting for what she believed in. I have no doubt there was workplace discrimination and most likely to the degree she relates with the good ol' boy man dominated system in place with NYCT. I would think that because of her many of the practices were eliminated.
My issue that as her fight goes on and things do not go her way it becomes more of a whinefest and she only focuses on her perception of reality.
My issue that as her fight goes on and things do not go her way it becomes more of a whinefest and she only focuses on her perception of reality.
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