Man claims Meta fired him after he refused to sign a Green Card letter for a Chinese visa worker, seeks $1 million in lawsuit
A former Meta manager sued the company for $1 million after being fired for refusing to sign a Green Card letter he deemed factually inaccurate for a Chinese employee.Summary
James Tillinghast, a former Meta employee, has filed a lawsuit against the company seeking over $1 million in damages after he was fired for refusing to sign a Green Card letter for Shenxum Wang. The lawsuit alleges that the letter, intended to support an I-140 National Interest Waiver petition, contained factual assertions that Tillinghast found materially inaccurate. Specifically, the letter attributed $683 million in incremental advertising revenue to Wang and implied that Wang had created algorithms or AI tools, claims Tillinghast could not verify. He also disputed the letter's assertion that Wang managed or led a team, noting that Wang's actual role was in product design and user experience. Tillinghast attempted to revise the letter to ensure only truthful statements were included but ultimately declined to endorse the broader claims. Meta terminated his employment a few months later, with the termination documents failing to cite underperformance as the reason. The lawsuit claims Meta later offered an oral explanation that was pretextual.
(Source：News7tv)