She was the “sunshine” of the office until she demanded equal pay.
The News12 anchor claims that simply claiming the stock sparked intense backlash from the network, causing him to become mentally unstable and being placed on suicide watch.
Annalisa Clevers award-winning journalist She was a morning news anchor at Altice USA's News 12 stations in Connecticut and New Jersey when her boss' sudden change in attitude prompted her to accept a better salary than the $71,000 she was receiving. He said this was after he asked about a new contract.
As a result, she claims, she was “gassed” by her boss for months, excluded from meetings, and given even more humiliating tasks, such as correcting her co-anchor's typos.
“What the management did to me changed my life forever. It almost killed me. My children almost lost their mother,” she told the Post. “I felt like my whole world was caving in.”
Ms. Clevers, a 42-year-old mother of three, was hired in April 2018.
Her bosses praised her intelligence and work ethic and called her the “sunshine of the newsroom,” according to a complaint filed with the American Arbitration Association and obtained by The Post.
During the pandemic, she was often one of only two employees in the building, transitioning from her job to “making sure the cameras, lights and teleprompters were working,” and then-Gov. He was in charge of everything from interviews to interviews. Allegedly, Cuomo's daily press conferences.
Her efforts earned her further accolades and a $4,200 bonus.
However, she learned that her colleagues were receiving twice that amount. And when she voiced her concerns to her manager, her career at the bureau began to take a turn, Clevers claimed in her paper.
“I felt humiliated,” she said. “I was alienated from the rest of the news team. Management started blaming me for technical issues that were beyond my control.
“I did everything my manager asked me to do and more,” she added. “This happened while my contract and raise were on my mind. Management wanted me to quit or react badly to what they did to me. It felt like.”
She was cut out of an ad featuring coverage of the storm that she directed, and she claimed that a male colleague she had spoken to that day had been edited into the footage.
Mr. Clevers formally filed a complaint, but ultimately decided to resign.
However, Altice refused to accept her resignation, ostensibly claiming that the company needed to investigate her complaint.
“Everything sent me into a spiral,” she said. “It was too much.”
“On Friday, May 13, 2022, I became extremely ill,” said Clevers. “I went into a mental state. I had suicidal thoughts. This all happened in front of my husband, my children and my sister.”
Her husband, Eric, said: “She was almost catatonic, staring into space and moving around the house inexplicably.”
Eric Crevers said she kept trying to grab her car keys and go to the garage, which doctors later confirmed was a suicide attempt.
She spent six days in a psychiatric ward on suicide watch. She was then fired from Altice while out on disability.
“Her career was completely derailed to the point where she couldn't see a way back to an anchor desk at News12 or any outlet or any newsroom,” her attorney Anthony Mango said. “This was caused by her raising the issue of equal pay and just speaking out in good faith. “It really disabled her.”
Ms. Clevers hopes the American Arbitration Association will give her the income she could have earned as an anchor.
She chose to go public because “something like this can't happen to anyone else working in a corporate environment, whether it's a woman or a man. It should be a crime.”
A spokesperson for Altice USA said: “News 12 takes pride in providing an inclusive and fair workplace where employees can grow and are compensated based on their skills, contributions, and merit. Any claims of gender discrimination are completely unfounded. We will vigorously defend against them.”
If you live in New York City and are struggling with suicidal thoughts or experiencing a mental health crisis, call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling. You can. If you live outside the five boroughs, dial the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988 or visit SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.
