Case 4:22-cv-01547 Document 1 Filed on 05/13/22 in TXSD Page 27 of 76
Mr. Ford’s qualifications, managerial positions in the IT department are awarded to less qualified and less experienced Hispanic individuals as opposed to qualified black employees. Mr. Ford is also paid less than his Hispanic co-workers despite his qualifications and experience. Whenever Mr. Ford attempts to address these issues with his Hispanic supervisors, he is either ignored or given the runaround where ultimately nothing ever comes to fruition. In (May 2018) the senior tech at the (Pinemount Campus) retired. Jose Gonzales (a Hispanic) who Mr. Ford taught and trained was put in charge of that campus instead of him who had more years and experience. Mr. Ford was told by Mr. Marroquin that he needed the “senior tech” to be at the “Pinemount campus” And that Jose had already been doing the job there. This was his way of saying there was no point in Mr. Ford applying because he was going to give the job to Jose. Jose even told Saul that Mr. Ford was more qualified for the job. But Saul didn’t care because he wanted a Hispanic. This position would have been a significant raise in pay and responsibility for Mr. Ford. Saul also made a statement in a meeting at the “Fraga Campus” in which Saul stated that the “Hispanics’ were going to be running things. In (august 2018) Saul Marroquin decided he was going to move Mr. Ford from his current location by having his coworkers all “vote” on what location he would be going to. He did this in order to embarrass and belittle Mr. Ford. His coworkers responded by telling him this was not their job and it was not right for them to vote on that and they wanted no part of it. However, he insisted that they do so anyway. Saul again choose to shame and harass Mr. Ford while he was on FMLA. HCC policy is to notify your manager when you will be out. It is the manager’s soul responsibility to notify anyone else. But while Mr. Ford was on intermittent FMLA whenever he would call off Saul insisted that he call each of his coworkers and inform each of them that he would not be at work. This harassment resulted in him only taking minimal time off, instead of the time he needed to take because of the constant pressure and harassment from Saul
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