legalassist
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New York
Hello,
I have not been terminated, but I'm getting myself prepared in case b/c I don't trust my boss. Basically, where I work the upper management wants to rid of people who have been there longer than 5 years to make room for people that once worked with them at another company.
I was given two verbal warnings at my job. I didn't do anything bad as for my job performance, the subject of the two verbal warning meetings was that my boss felt I wasn't giving a 100 percent effort that I could do better. I told him I'm giving 95 percent. He tells me I'm an asset to the company and he wants to see me advance. He wants to see me as supervisor for my department, but has some reservations. I think it's b/c I won't "kiss" up to him. I do my work instead and hope to be recognized for that. The two meetings occurred within a month of each other. At the second meeting he said he didn't see any improvement, meanwhile again nothing happened and I've been still doing my job. I told him it was because of recent pay cuts since the last time we spoke and I wasn't motivated to give a 100 percent when my job isn't investing a 100 percent by giving me a competitive salary. About a month after the last verbal warning meeting I made a mistake at work, this time I actually did something wrong. I was written up for this matter and told that it was my final written warning. I had never been written up before so I asked how is this a final written warning? He said that he gave me two verbal warnings prior and could do whatever he wanted to. This is when I became aware that the two meetings prior were verbal warnings. At the time I thought they were just "pep talks". I was not told that at the time of either meeting that they were verbal warnings. Now as it stands my boss said if I make another mistake that I will be fired. I made one mistake and if I make another it will be two.
Is this legal? I believe they're looking for any reason to get rid of people and they have to resort to these tactics. Also is it legal to not give raises and say profit sharing will be given instead? By the way this is a private company in NY.
Thank you...
Hello,
I have not been terminated, but I'm getting myself prepared in case b/c I don't trust my boss. Basically, where I work the upper management wants to rid of people who have been there longer than 5 years to make room for people that once worked with them at another company.
I was given two verbal warnings at my job. I didn't do anything bad as for my job performance, the subject of the two verbal warning meetings was that my boss felt I wasn't giving a 100 percent effort that I could do better. I told him I'm giving 95 percent. He tells me I'm an asset to the company and he wants to see me advance. He wants to see me as supervisor for my department, but has some reservations. I think it's b/c I won't "kiss" up to him. I do my work instead and hope to be recognized for that. The two meetings occurred within a month of each other. At the second meeting he said he didn't see any improvement, meanwhile again nothing happened and I've been still doing my job. I told him it was because of recent pay cuts since the last time we spoke and I wasn't motivated to give a 100 percent when my job isn't investing a 100 percent by giving me a competitive salary. About a month after the last verbal warning meeting I made a mistake at work, this time I actually did something wrong. I was written up for this matter and told that it was my final written warning. I had never been written up before so I asked how is this a final written warning? He said that he gave me two verbal warnings prior and could do whatever he wanted to. This is when I became aware that the two meetings prior were verbal warnings. At the time I thought they were just "pep talks". I was not told that at the time of either meeting that they were verbal warnings. Now as it stands my boss said if I make another mistake that I will be fired. I made one mistake and if I make another it will be two.
Is this legal? I believe they're looking for any reason to get rid of people and they have to resort to these tactics. Also is it legal to not give raises and say profit sharing will be given instead? By the way this is a private company in NY.
Thank you...