Exclusive | Neiman Marcus accused of bungling workplace complaints including from staff lawyer with brain cancer
Neiman Marcus allegedly bungled multiple workplace complaints from senior execs including a lawyer who claims she was hospitalized for clinical depression caused by “unsustainable” work demands — and was later fired after she was diagnosed with brain cancer, The Post has learned.Seasoned attorney Erin Borg claims Neiman Marcus overwhelmed her with work from the time of her hiring in 2022.The chain allegedly chinsed on support staff and tolerated her hostile co-workers — then looked the other way when she complained, according to a recent court filing obtained by The Post.Following her bout of depression, Borg was diagnosed with glioblastoma and had to go on leave — only to be kicked to the curb when coming back from chemotherapy treatment last year after Neiman Marcus’ parent company was acquired, according to the filing.“It simply broke me,” she told The Post.Borg is among at least four former in-house lawyers who lodged formal complaints about a hostile work environment, a former Neiman Marcus executive who is not associated with Borg told The Post.
Two of the complaints resulted in settlements, this source said.Borg’s nightmare stint at Neiman Marcus included a colleague, Thomas Mattei, who Borg claims in the court docs was openly hostile towards her and joked about E.Jean Carroll’s sexual assault case against President Trump.
He suggested that the retailer “capitalize” on the case since the alleged assault took place in the dressing room of Neiman Marcus’ sister company Bergdorf Goodman, according to the filing in federal bankruptcy court.She lodged several complaints with the company about Mattei and her boss, Hannah Kim, who buried her with work, the filing stated.“This seems to point to a failure of leadership overall at the company,” the source said, referring to the number of employment complaints.The company denied every allegation in Borg’s complaint, according to a filing in the arbitration proceeding last year.Neiman M...