- 3 - electronics manufacturers. Donald Hoiland4 (Mr. Hoiland) was the owner of PCI during 2001. Petitioner met Mr. Hoiland in 1998. Mr. Hoiland hired petitioner as his executive assistant at PCI in July of 1999 at a $60,000 per annum salary. Petitioner reported directly to Mr. Hoiland. Mr. Hoiland was so impressed by petitioner’s performance that he promoted her to vice president for operations and increased her salary by $30,000 after she had worked there a year. As vice president, petitioner interacted with different departments and provided Mr. Hoiland with suggestions regarding PCI’s operations. Mr. Hoiland retired and promoted petitioner to president of PCI during December 2000. The interactions between petitioner and Mr. Hoiland were typically professional. Petitioner often spoke with Mr. Hoiland by phone as she drove to work. The two had lunch together regularly before Mr. Hoiland retired. Their relationship was never intimate. Petitioner refused to sign employment contracts of more than 1 year because she was uncertain how long she would stay in Seattle. Mr. Hoiland offered petitioner a $20,000 raise, a Jaguar automobile, and a condominium along with her promotion to president and to induce her to stay in Seattle, but she turned them down. 4Mr. Hoiland died in May 2004 at age 73.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: March 27, 2008