[tacostakohashi]

Probably it's all BS as others and yeah they're trying to manage you out and get a lawyer and all that stuff.

I would say, re the "emotional drain" and "being disrespected", learn to just get over yourself and your ego and suck it up during this challenging period, it's something you can learn from and take with you. For now, nothing has changed, they're still paying you, so you should still punch in / punch out, put in a reasonable / good faith effort while you are on their payroll.

You don't have to be a star performer, you can be talking to lawyers and looking for other jobs on the side, but if you can keep it together for the time being there's a better chance you'd get let go with a better settlement, they won't be able to come up with a "for cause" rationale, and frankly its just good manners / professional while you are on their payroll and a guest at their company.