Reese

BACKGROUND

The Parties and the General Setting Enjoy is a technology company that uses its technology to offer direct delivery and setup of cellular phones and peripherals to customers. Some of Enjoy’s employees, called “experts,” deliver the phones to the customer’s home, office, or other location and assist the customer with the setup process and related activities. In November 2018, respondent Christopher Reese went to work at Enjoy as an expert. Prior to that employment, Reese was presented with an email referring to a series of documents to sign prior to being hired, the

1 details of which are critical to the issue here, and will be described below. Reese’s employment at Enjoy ended approximately a year after it began, in November 2019, when Reese resigned, later claiming to have been constructively discharged. The Proceedings Below On June 26, 2020, Reese filed a complaint naming three defendants: Enjoy, Christopher Harris, and Jasmin Staubli, the individuals alleged to be Reese’s supervisors, with Harris his direct supervisor. The complaint alleged various claims based on the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), including racial discrimination, harassment, retaliation,…