I worked for my organization for two years and twice received a favorable review, and a raise. My immediate supervisor, who hired me, was let go back in March. I was then let go too, after “failing to achieve all the goals asked of me.” Do I have any options here? Legal or otherwise?
You don’t have any options based on these facts alone. In order to seek legal help, your termination would have to have been for a protected reason (race, sex, age, nation of origin, disability or genetic information.)
It’s always hard to lose your job, particularly when it comes as a surprise and you think you are doing well, but a new boss having a different point of value on the performance of talent who were considered strong performers by a prior boss is not unlawful, and is actually quite a normal occurrence.
It may not be that your performance has changed, but expectations for what is necessary to succeed going forward have moved.
Or maybe the new boss is asking people to do things differently.
If you think the termination was due to a protected reason, seek the advice of an attorney and present your evidence as to why you believe that to be so.
I work at a small company in a job that I love. It’s pretty much perfect except my boss’ daughter brings her dog to work every day and it barks nonstop at the slightest thing. I’ve told my boss that I would prefer that her daughter no longer bring the dog to work but I’ve never outright said that I can’t handle it anymore, and I’m not sure if it’s my place. How do I proceed?
You’re barking up the wrong tree if you think bashing the boss’ daughter and her beloved pooch is going to be a good career move. That’s also a ruff way to lose your job. Are you the top dog in the office? The leader of the pack?
If so, and the herd agrees that the constant barking is making it hard for the team to work and hurting business, then you can try to explain the business rationale in that way.
At the same time, it would be wise to reinforce how much you love the dog and the daughter (but not in an icky wolfy way, because that’s a career-limiting move too!).
Gregory Giangrande has over 25 years of experience as a chief human resources executive. Hear Greg Wed. at 9:35 a.m. on iHeartRadio 710 WOR with Len Berman and Michael Riedel. Email: [email protected]. Follow: GoToGreg.com and on Twitter: @GregGiangrande
