Rezvan Ghaderi v. Amazon.com Services LLC

I. Background

A. Facts The following facts are drawn from Plaintiff’s Complaint (“Compl.”) (Dkt. 1). Plaintiff, Rezvan Ghaderi, was a remote employee of Defendant, Amazon.com Services LLC, in Stanton, California. Id. ¶ 1. Plaintiff began working for Defendant as a Software Engineer on August 10, 2020. Id. ¶ 7. In March of 2022, Shipra Gupta was introduced as Plaintiff’s new manager. Id. ¶ 12. Plaintiff claims that after Gupta became manager, they began to hire young, Indian/South Asian women. Id. ¶ 13. Plaintiff contends that Gupta would make it clear that she did not like Plaintiff when she began criticizing her work and providing no positive feedback. Id. ¶ 15. Plaintiff states that Gupta would treat the younger, Indian/South Asian workers nicer. Id. ¶ 16. Plaintiff claims that Plaintiff was up

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for a promotion prior to Gupta being manager, but after Gupta was Plaintiff’s manager, Gupta discouraged Plaintiff’s promotion. Id. ¶ 20. Plaintiff claims that Gupta would yell at Plaintiff in team meetings and would humiliate Plaintiff because of their technical opinion or for…