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I was put on a performance plan for 2 reasons last month. The first was for an issue that came up on a day that I had a PTO and there was a meeting that they needed to have an answer for.
The second is my management of billing for some work that was handled by another office and was a complete mess and then given to me in May to straighten out. I was blamed for not applying a payment to the proper open invoices and was hammered when a report went out without the payment on record.
I met with my boss and HR and explained that while I was out on PTO I asked the dept supervisor to look into the issue. He chose to wait an hour before the meeting and did not prepare. My boss could not figure it out then a nasty note was sent to me. Prior to that day I requested to change my PTO and come in that day but my notes were not acknoledged. So I did not come in. Had I been there I would have noted the issue and it would have been addressed. He also claimed I submitted a report late.
The second item was a payment that I have no visibilty on. A different dept entered this and even put this on the wrong customer which was why I didn't know. But I was told this was still my fault. The report was submitted before the time I was given but my boss asked me to edit and there were network issues that he knew about so there was some lag time. I still was held responsible.
Honestly this really sounds unfair to me especially siince my job is on the line and anything I do is magnifiied 100 times over. I am now being accused of not replying to my emails fast enough. How about when mine are ignored and it takes my boss 5 days to reply to me? Where is the common courtesy?
I am not sure if I can fight this or if I should wait for the axe to fall. HR is not supportive and I just feel like I am in an abusive situation.
Any advice as to what I can do? Thanks...
I was put on a performance plan for 2 reasons last month. The first was for an issue that came up on a day that I had a PTO and there was a meeting that they needed to have an answer for.
The second is my management of billing for some work that was handled by another office and was a complete mess and then given to me in May to straighten out. I was blamed for not applying a payment to the proper open invoices and was hammered when a report went out without the payment on record.
I met with my boss and HR and explained that while I was out on PTO I asked the dept supervisor to look into the issue. He chose to wait an hour before the meeting and did not prepare. My boss could not figure it out then a nasty note was sent to me. Prior to that day I requested to change my PTO and come in that day but my notes were not acknoledged. So I did not come in. Had I been there I would have noted the issue and it would have been addressed. He also claimed I submitted a report late.
The second item was a payment that I have no visibilty on. A different dept entered this and even put this on the wrong customer which was why I didn't know. But I was told this was still my fault. The report was submitted before the time I was given but my boss asked me to edit and there were network issues that he knew about so there was some lag time. I still was held responsible.
Honestly this really sounds unfair to me especially siince my job is on the line and anything I do is magnifiied 100 times over. I am now being accused of not replying to my emails fast enough. How about when mine are ignored and it takes my boss 5 days to reply to me? Where is the common courtesy?
I am not sure if I can fight this or if I should wait for the axe to fall. HR is not supportive and I just feel like I am in an abusive situation.
Any advice as to what I can do? Thanks...
