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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.
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