Lambda School threatens ex-employee for coming forward about conditions at the coding bootcamp
0Reported today on The Verge
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Reported today in The Verge.
Lambda School threatens ex-employee for coming forward about conditions at the coding bootcamp
Lambda School, the controversial coding bootcamp, is threatening a former employee for speaking out about problems at the school.
In an article published on February 11th, Sabrina Baez, Lambda's former head of career services, told The Verge that she was called a "feisty Latina" and a "bulldog" when she pushed for a diversity initiative at the school. Baez had signed a severance agreement when she left Lambda after the incidents; the school sent her a letter claiming she violated that agreement by speaking to reporters and is demanding the return of her severance money (roughly $36,000). The Verge has seen that letter, which also says Lambda is prepared to file a lawsuit to collect.
Baez claims that Lambda tried to fire her in 2018 for not living up to a performance plan. When she told her manager she hadn't received any documentation about this plan, she claims he walked back his comments and said she could stay. Baez says she decided to leave anyway because she no longer felt supported in her role. She was five months pregnant at the time and signed a nondisclosure agreement to get severance. Because of this agreement, The Verge agreed not to use Baez's name in the article. She has decided to come forward publicly in this piece since the school is threatening legal action.
"It has come to our attention that you recently discussed Lambda School with members of the media including the Verge, and that in those conversations you shared confidential information of Lambda School as well as false statements," Lambda's letter to Baez reads. "These actions violated Sections 3 and 4 of the Agreement (Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality, respectively)."