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A Connecticut woman claims she was fireddespite years of glowing reports by her employer after she told them she had tested positive for the breast cancer gene and would undergo a double mastecomy as a preventative measure.

A Connecticut woman claims she was fireddespite years of glowing reports by her employer after she told them she had tested positive for the breast cancer gene and would undergo a double mastecomy as a preventative measure.

Fink underwent the double mastectomy on Oct. 9, 2009, taking two weeks of paid medical leave. On Jan. 22, 2010, Fink had reconstructive surgery. According to Fink, the day before her second surgery she received a review that was "negative and scathing."

On March 25, she was fired.

In the complaint, Fink said that MXenergy said they fired her because her "position was terminated." But Fink claims that another woman was brought on to do her job and was later promoted as her superior while she was out on medical leave.

Fink Says Poor Reviews Happened Only After She Discovered She Had the Breast Cancer Gene
"It has been horrible," Fink said of the ordeal. Fink, who has a husband and two small children, had been the primary breadwinner for her family and had been the insurance provider.

MXenergy had employed Fink as the director of public relations and marketing communications since January 2006, according to the complaint obtained by ABCNews.com.

In Fink's 2009 performance review, her employers told her that she was doing an "exemplary job" and has been a "relentless crusader" for the brand.

During an August 2009 meeting about her review Fink said that her supervisor Gina Goldberg told her "that if she was to lay off everyone in the Marketing Department except one employee. I would be the one employee she kept."

"If people are afraid to even have the genetic testing then how many lives are we going to lose because people just don't want to rock the boat?"

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