Watson “found this alarming” because she expected Transdev “to keep her traumatic medical information private,” the lawsuit claims.

She soon learned that Transdev had told her colleagues about that experience. A female co-worker told her that she, too, had been held hostage, the lawsuit alleges. Neither company responded to questions about the lawsuit, nor did Transdev.Īccording to the lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court, Watson, of San Francisco, returned to the Waymo job in April 2022 after a year of medical leave connected to a three-day kidnapping ordeal.

Watson worked on board the company’s autonomous cars as Waymo tested and refined their software on city roads, according to the lawsuit.Īlphabet and Mountain View-headquartered Waymo are not named as defendants in the lawsuit. Watson’s lawsuit filed Tuesday claims she suffered “cruel and appalling treatment” working for Waymo via Transdev in San Francisco, where Waymo offers limited robot-car rides. Waymo is a subsidiary of Google’s parent firm Alphabet. A former trainer for Google-linked Waymo autonomous cars claims in a new lawsuit that a boss and co-worker called her a “fat elephant” and threw peanuts at her, and listened in on her cell phone while she was in the bathroom.Īmanda Watson also alleges in her lawsuit against Waymo contractor Transdev Alternative Services that Transdev disclosed her confidential medical information related to a violent kidnapping.

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