I made a few threads about this, this one being the more recent here:
Updating regarding my boss and PIP.
Long story short:
-I was hired as a SRE at a software company late January.
-My interactions with my boss were very abrasive. Limited emails.
-I was learning everything there. There was stress there given the environment.
-Three months in, he says my performance isn't up to par and gives me 15 action items out of nowhere to work on or else the next step would be a PIP (Performance Improvement Plan)
-I work on these and accomplish most of these, including working on call.
-After that, minimum contact from my manager.
-I started taking more ownership of tasks, including projects asked of my boss. Also helping teammates on tasks.
So my boss asks me to come in a room he is nearby. There he was with a Project Manager that has been there for a month and a half. He states that my performance is not where it needs to be and they are terminating me today. He mentioned that they have to focus on the mission and I will be receiving my final paycheck as well as paperwork regarding the terms and I would be getting severance.
I sat there stone faced, professional. I did not have anything to say other than when will I receive everything. I then closed my computer, gathered my belongings and left.
I thought that I was doing what was needed, but frankly given our interactions I seriously think he did not like me personally. The fact that he was a dikk was echoed by other teammates. Naturally I was the only brother on the team.
So I'm thinking...if this was performance based then I wouldn't be eligible for severance OR unemployment, so why did he mention I was getting this? Something is off about this and it leads me to believe that it is because of personal issues he has with me. This is an at-will state so he doesn't need a cause but it seems they need to cover their asses still.
Also there was NO HR representative present when this occurred. The only party there was a project manager. The person that was there in hindsight should have not been in there.
Another thing is that he told me the next step would be a PIP if my performance wasn't up to par. There was no feedback on that on the list he just told me to keep working on that and we would follow up.
I luckily have some of the limited emails an interactions between us, but I don't have anything I can present in terms of work unfortunately. This was all of a sudden. I'm still in shock. Not that it happened, but the fact that it just occurred. So next moves are interviews and studying for them. I luckily got a HR representative's number and email to go off of.
I'd love any advice on this and what to do moving forward, especially dealing with HR.
Updating regarding my boss and PIP.
Long story short:
-I was hired as a SRE at a software company late January.
-My interactions with my boss were very abrasive. Limited emails.
-I was learning everything there. There was stress there given the environment.
-Three months in, he says my performance isn't up to par and gives me 15 action items out of nowhere to work on or else the next step would be a PIP (Performance Improvement Plan)
-I work on these and accomplish most of these, including working on call.
-After that, minimum contact from my manager.
-I started taking more ownership of tasks, including projects asked of my boss. Also helping teammates on tasks.
So my boss asks me to come in a room he is nearby. There he was with a Project Manager that has been there for a month and a half. He states that my performance is not where it needs to be and they are terminating me today. He mentioned that they have to focus on the mission and I will be receiving my final paycheck as well as paperwork regarding the terms and I would be getting severance.
I sat there stone faced, professional. I did not have anything to say other than when will I receive everything. I then closed my computer, gathered my belongings and left.
I thought that I was doing what was needed, but frankly given our interactions I seriously think he did not like me personally. The fact that he was a dikk was echoed by other teammates. Naturally I was the only brother on the team.
So I'm thinking...if this was performance based then I wouldn't be eligible for severance OR unemployment, so why did he mention I was getting this? Something is off about this and it leads me to believe that it is because of personal issues he has with me. This is an at-will state so he doesn't need a cause but it seems they need to cover their asses still.
Also there was NO HR representative present when this occurred. The only party there was a project manager. The person that was there in hindsight should have not been in there.
Another thing is that he told me the next step would be a PIP if my performance wasn't up to par. There was no feedback on that on the list he just told me to keep working on that and we would follow up.
I luckily have some of the limited emails an interactions between us, but I don't have anything I can present in terms of work unfortunately. This was all of a sudden. I'm still in shock. Not that it happened, but the fact that it just occurred. So next moves are interviews and studying for them. I luckily got a HR representative's number and email to go off of.
I'd love any advice on this and what to do moving forward, especially dealing with HR.
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