Saturday, July 23, 2005
No response from Metavante or Intuit, whistleblower Mathias and 4 contract workers fired
On 7/1/05 I e-mailed and called Metavante. On 7/5, Mathias got home from work to find a message from the agency that Metavante had decided to let some of the temps go. Metavante uses several employment agencies and Mathias and the other temp workers from his agency had been there longest with one of them being a couple weeks from his 1-year anniversary at Metavante.
The people who were let go were all from Mathias’ agency, 3 were involved with consumer billing and one worked across from Mathias. Mathias is one of the least materialistic people I’ve met and taking it quite well, but the message is chilling:
A whistleblower will not only lose his own job, but anyone connected to him will also be fired.
Since temps don’t have any rights whatsoever, there’s probably not much that can be done - other than to do what I’m doing here and to let the world know how corrupt organizations like Metavante and Quicken (Intuit) operate. Apparently Metavante had the remaining temps sign confidentiality agreements to ensure no further whistleblowing.
The good news is that a reader sent me his demand letter for the refund of the unauthorized charges, including the URL to my postings here, addressed to the Office of the President for Intuit and he filed his complaint with the FTC.
He also would like to participate in a class action.
Last time I checked, it was illegal to take peoples’ money without authorization and to not issue a refund until they demand return of the funds.
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