An HR complaint, a Slack message with no reply, then a termination the same day
A former Wayfair assistant store manager says the retailer rated her “exceeds expectations,” promoted someone else, then fired her after she complained.
She filed suit in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on August 19, 2026, bringing six counts against Wayfair LLC. Three sit under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, which covers race in the making, performance, modification or termination of an employment relationship, and three under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Both sets plead “race-based discrimination,” “race-based harassment,” and “retaliation.”
The filing says she worked as an assistant store manager from on or about August 9, 2024 until her termination on or about April 30, 2026, and that her duties included independently running the store. She is African American.
Her account of the promotion begins in or around November 2025, when the store manager at her location was terminated. A district manager told her to keep performing at a high level and said her eligibility for promotion to store manager would be reconsidered in or around March 2026, according to the complaint. During that period, the filing states, she effectively performed store manager duties and independently ran the store - work that built on earlier assignments helping open multiple store locations.
Two incidents from that stretch matter to her case.
In or around January or February 2026, the...
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