https://courtindex.sdcourt.ca.gov/CISPublic/casedetail?casenum=26CU024888C&casesite=SD&applcode=C
https://www.makaremlaw.com/blog/2026/06/illumina-press-release/
We were told a completely different story about a leadership exit in Finance. Total lack of transparency. Shameful
Jane Doe, If you are following topic thread. Kindly share the email that SP wrote that led to his downfall. This email will shed light on what transpired and maybe he should think anout framing it so that he learns from this and to not make the same mistake again.
Use AI to search for information about lawsuit filed on May 5, 2026 Case #26CU024888C. The law firm that represented Jane Doe provided details about the case (inappropriate conduct such as masturbation, coerced authority threatening employment, or-l s-x...). His career is over in San Diego - he needs to leave to start over as majority of his peers and current/prior co-workers are aware of the situation and are disgusted. He thought he was the best and now he's a pariah.
I work for a company Santosh joined after leaving Illumina, and this is the first I’m hearing about any of this. I haven’t been able to find the actual complaint or the press release that was previously linked here. If anyone has a copy of either, or has more context on what was alleged and how things unfolded at Illumina, I’d really appreciate it if you could share it here.
He is ugly..inside and out. He needs to leave San Diego since hus reputation is tarnished. He thought he's the best. No one can stand to look at him.
@2jf HR is 100% there to protect the company from liability. No company would pay people to be rigorous investigators of misconduct at the company. Companies don't even need to have an HR department if they have less than 50 employees. When a company grows to have to have an HR department, the regulatory environment changes and the company becomes more legally accountable for the conduct of its employees. HR exists to navigate those regulatory waters on behalf of the company. The narrative of being there to help is a ruse to cover up their real purpose.
During my time there, I observed significant organizational friction and toxic culture. Tahoe project....what a waste of $$$$.
Two individuals remaining as leader on that team lack the qualifications required for their roles. I remember following the pulse survey result, they attributed all negative sentiment to executive strategy from the CFO and VP. Furthermore, they routinely deflect cross-functional project requests under the pretext of undisclosed, confidential Finance initiatives...
Karma..and we'll deserved. Santosh P thought he was the best and now no one can look at him without disgust.
@27c the biggest lie you are told is that HR is there to support you. So much bad behaviour by senior leadership and HRs role seems to just be to cover up and push out staff that are affected. We need male staff at Illumina to step up to support women because there is no chance HR will help.
Strong evidence makes complaint more credible and harder to dismiss! I llumina's HR department acts merely as a rubber stamp.
@hm In legal terms, when a manager promises job-related benefits or threatens negative consequences to obtain s-xual favors, it is called Quid Pro Quo S-xual Harassment
https://www.forbeslawwv.com/2024/06/11/what-is-quid-pro-quo-s-xual-harassment/
I heard about this in the office today and googled it. I'm so shocked to read this :-
A 2026 lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court against Illumina, Inc. and former executive Santosh Padmagirison alleges severe s-xual misconduct, grooming, and abuse of power against a subordinate employee. The complaint claims Padmagirison coerced the employee while Illumina HR failed to act, subsequently subjecting the victim to retaliation after she reported the abuse
Never tolerate misconduct, especially s-xual misconduct. Under these conditions, I wonder who would be comfortable working in that team, especially with bad leadership throwing a farewell. Shame!
The responses from @hn and @hm — who appear very likely to be the same individual attempting to avoid standing alone, are clearly victim-blaming. They demonstrate a profound lack of empathy and a fundamental misunderstanding of what it’s like to be in a compromising situation where someone feels pressured into doing something they do not want to do. If you’ve never experienced that kind of pressure, you’re fortunate but that privilege and absence of empathy, should never be used to dismiss or invalidate those who have.
This looks serious. I still remember the farewell meeting for the Senior Director of Finance Systems that I attended. The boss spent a large amount of money to implement data science in finance, which never actually helped us. Without solid evidence, nobody could ask him to resign at Illumina (- a long timer). I feel sorry for the lady if she had to go through this. We never know what somebody has to submit to in order to keep a job.
@jn Even if you're correct, why is this relevant?
@dc this is a clear relationsip gone bad with promises of promotions that never happened. just reading what happend leaves tons of holes especially the ma---------g in front of her "at work?" and not instantly calling it out loudly and after all of that getting in his car to "perform or-l s-x" why would you even get in the car in the first place. this is a clear relationship gone bad
theres some major holes in stories here. she willing got in the car and su-ked his di-k. if this was such an issue why would you enter the vehicle at all. also the ma---------g in front of her doesnt make any sense as any sane person would have loudly called that out. sounds more like there was a relationship with promises that were never followed through on and someone got mad.
Bad... as I remember there was a LinkedIn post from another team member in that group about a toxic culture.