So I was working a job as an “independent contractor”. While the job was shitty, the shittiness started to become over the top in the final month. I was originally planning to quit but right before, my boss started to propose making changes to my schedule. The new schedule was seemingly optimized for me to do the most amount of work for the least amount of pay.
I considered this the final straw and decided to file an hr report on their past behavior with the intention of making my departure as painful and chaotic as possible.
However to my surprise i was terminated immediately after the hr investigation was complete. The reasoning was that there is no work left for me to do. But… unknown to hr and my boss, i have an audio recording of them saying my contract would be extended indefinitely albeit reduced in hours. And this was recorded a day before I filed the hr report.
What is my course of action? Can i get anything out of this? And if not, how scary would it be to my former employers if it was revealed i was in possession of the recording.
I am american and i live in a state where you can record a conversation with only one party’s consent.
(I was prompted to record my boss when they refused to discuss the changes with me through official channels and would only talk to me in private and in person about it)