My manager keeps threatening that for my mid year review, they are going to flag my mid-year review as “doesn’t meet expectations”. This happened after I disclosed that I would be out of office for medical leave for an extended period.
Will they even be able to submit a mid-year rating for me if I’m out on leave? I’ve only had great reviews. I know I’m likely to be let go and they are preparing to try to keep me from getting severance.
I had a similar situation, AFTER I got laid off in June my manager gave me a needs improvement rating even though it was completely false. The only reason I found out is because I still had access to the system (he posted the review 30+ days after I was laid off) He had nothing but good things to say about me while I was an employee. I'm sure he gave me the bad review to justify laying me off. HR came back and said the review stands. I'm going to escalate.
Call a lawyer
If employees' health welbeing is neglected or abused by the managers, we should report it to OSHA.
Employees who are on medical leave should be so noted in their performance review instead of "does not meet". It's not like the employee did something wrong, he/she should not be punished for medical leave. This is one of the reasons why the leftists constantly chanting for labor union.
In other words: got forbid you get seriously sick while working at this bank .
I'm sorry for whatever is causing your medical leave but putting someone as doesn't meet who was on an extended absence is normal not a setup. Think about it. You didn't work for a part of the year how can you be a meets when others worked and contributed more the entire year. Before all this forced ranking crud I rated someone who was a 5 performer a 3 the year with a long medical leave. Yes they had a fit but once I explained that the rating is about you WORK, quality and quantity, not your life they were okay.
My team got a new manager who always hated me from day 1. One time he made up fake stories in my performance review without any backup evidences. He gave me a "does not meet" rating even though I had so many successful accomplishments and received many good 360 feedback. I was furious and I fought back during the review discussion. I said to him that I can win in a court of law that you are lying because I have a plenty of documented evidences and witnesses on my end. He said, "too bad, this is not a court of law, wake up and acknowledge that you did not meet my expectations". I could not believe what I was hearing. I reported the incident to Ethics Line but they said my manager denied his lying and the case was automatically dismissed. A few months later, I was laid off because of my lower rating, and also lost access to all my email evidences gainst him. I regreted that I hesiated to hire a lawyer.
You have an EXCELLENT case, seek legal counsel asap as I'm pretty sure what they're doing to you is both illegal and retaliatory. Make sure they don't sc--w you in taxes and if you settle don't take their first number. If that number is 58 literally flip it to 85 and they will meet you somewhere around 70. Document the cr-p out of everything and store the emails elsewhere OR take photos bc they will lock you out of your laptop and do have a right to "open an investigation" which effectively bricks your laptop.
EEOC
LOL, this is a typical Wells Fargo manager, they behave as expected, no surprise here. You need to find a better job elsewhere and get out of here fast because I am certain you will be laid off soon. You can try to fight back, but believe me, it will be a waste of your energy for those arrogant tone-deaf managers. I speak from my own experience.
Get this in writing. If you already have it in writing, make sure it's flagged as confidential or put it in a 3 year folder. If they follow through and you have documented evidence of this threat, hire an attorney asap. Don't even mess with HR or Ethics Line, just get a lawyer.
I agree EthicsLine is a sham, most of the complaints that go through there get tossed out. Although having something documented that they violated policy and ya know, the law might be helpful.
The same thing happened to me. I was out for 12 weeks and my manager rated me inconsistently meets because I wasn’t working and year end review was right after I came back. My manager got away with documenting that reason in my review
People that go on leave that think they’re entitled to a free pass at everything are so annoying.
If you stay home for 6 months how can you get a Meets?
The ethics line is to protect the company.
Get the “heads-up” in writing and save a hard-copy!!
My manager was told to give me an inconsistent on my 2024 m-y by my 2-up overriding his rating.
In your case, it sounds like you are getting singled-out for a protected condition.
You may a need it in case of one of those rare layoffs.
I would recommend that you document everything and report it to EthicsLine. If you're on a medical leave or FMLA its illegal to retaliate for exercising that right. They may give you a bad review, but that would be solid evidence of retaliation if you have documented conversations.