If they email it, who does it come from and how do they even know you read it?
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@nk
You are very lucky! I was still a year away from retirement eligibility, so they completely sc--wed me over when they let me go because my pension hadn't hit the acceleration milestone yet. At least you got paid to leave when you were going to leave anyway. I wish I could have been this lucky.
I had what I thought was a normal 1:1 with my manager, and he scheduled it for a day that we weren't in the office. The coward showed up on the computer screen with an HR rep, and they read the script. It was also a week before my PR was scheduled, so I never even got my PR. They tried to tell me that I was aware of my "performance issues" which did NOT exist, but were only fabricated by my awful manager.
Ford can go stuff it where the sun don't shine.
I got a meeting notice late Sunday night for a Monday morning meeting with my boss’s boss. The interesting thing is that I had a 1-1 scheduled with that same person for the following week. With that and the info from this site, I knew what it was. No HR rep (there wouldn’t have been enough to go around). The good news for me is that I was going to leave before the end of the year anyways due to the interest rate changes that would have been unfavorable to my lump-sum pension. Hopefully I saved another person’s job. Not the preferred way to go out but it worked for me.
As sadistic as possible, these people are a bunch of psychopaths.
It will come like a quick flu shot, sudden meeting invite, quick 15 mins readout and then , access gone and separation documents in your personal email.
@OP paper covers rock. Scissors cut paper. You've been there how long and still can't figure out the performance metrics?you deserve what you get!
@be
Was this in person or via Webex? Were you completely surprised or did you think it could be a possibility?
Happened to me last year at midtem review time, but a week before my scheduled PR, so I never got mine either.
@be did the PR meeting notice have HR folks listed on it? Or do they join during the call after your boss starts it?
In my case, I went to my PR and HR was there. Script was read. No discussion of performance. No bonus either.
If you are salary, you get a seedy email or IM from your direct people leader wanting to meet up for a quick call. You meet and HR is in the room and they start to read a script. They won't respond to any questions but will just keep reading the script. Then they ask for a personal email to send your package copy. End of story.