Worked a full year, got a stellar review and was granted 200+ shares. Then, and during the following year, got a new manager (hired from the outside) whose mission became to criticize everything from my arrival time to making corrections to my emails, to making a case for a potential performance improvement plan. Clearly I was too expensive and they wanted me out. I ended up quitting and my shares got immediately cancelled. Should I file a lawsuit to try to retrieve those? I found another job making twice as much as USB and I can afford an attorney. Any thoughts?
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Make sure you are clear whether you were granted stock options or shares, If you were given 200 shares it would have been transferred to you and they could not revoke it, it's in your investment account. However it sounds more like you were given stock options (the right to buy 200 shares at a fixed price) and if you leave, yes the options will be canceled.
Talking to an employment attorney seems like a logical first step. This conversation will lead to future steps. Good luck! USB is a cr-p company, congratulations on the new job.
Yes RSUs.
RSUs?