Joined a new team few months back. Was told no documentation to follow and needed to get trained on specific business operation by a tenured team member (my work is technical but need to understand new business for my tech job). This was when harassment started by the tenured person. Reported to manager, but tenured ppl got boss's protection. Reported to HR, then few days later manager added a very bad review after my acknowledged very good review without my knowledge. Few months later I happened to see my altered review and see the timestamp. Is it legal in United States ?
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Unfortunately it doesn’t matter and nothing will happen. We work for a company where “meets/meets” doesn’t mean you are meeting expectations it simply means you didn’t do enough to get a decent merit or bonus. Or you can luck out and get the “high” meets designation which let’s face it doesn’t exist.
OMG -Either you have the same manager that I did, or this is SOP. I left many years ago, but after I signed my review the manager went back in and gave me Does Not Meet (or whatever it was back then) on everything. Only found out when I got my copy. Never said anything because 1. HR doesn’t care (they should as this could be a liability to the company), but they don’t and they will view this as just some disgruntled employee. 2. I already landed a job and was going to put my notice in 2 days later so I figured what is the point. I have never had this done before or after BOA so I don’t worry too much, but I would second the advice that if you are going to stay make a copy of that somehow after you sign it, but before submitting it so at least you have evidence that it was altered. To me changing a review after it has been signed is fraud, but it doesn’t matter what I think.
yes, it is true. managers protect the bullies, it happened in my department as well. I dont know about other departments but in my department the manager was awful.
I was harassed and bullied to no end and left on my own. The harassment was incessant, I would even go so far as to say it seemed demonic. Took me some time to land a better role, but much happier now. It's just not worth the effort or time working for these goofballs. Lots of bad apples. My best advice is to not rely on HR, and to document in writing every incident - names, dates, times, what happened. Hire an attorney or file a complaint with the EEOC. And start looking for a new job as soon as possible.
wow. just wow. Unfortunately the extreme pressuring / bullying / inappropriate behavior in its various flavors is pervasive throughout the org. Maybe you can make friends with another team and transfer over to another area that might be better. While I see it a lot, it's not everywhere. I've had to jump to another team pretty often to get away from awful managers. If you do good work, others will recognize that (they do not see your review)
Also, we're nearing the end of the year, so do your self-evaluation and document there to have it on the record. Am skeptical that anyone in HR ever looks at any of these reviews, but good for you to call out the manager and document your side -- succinctly and professionally (you might have to do several drafts to get the rant out first). Hope you can find a better situation. This is awful.
The harassment was a few months long, few times a week. At first the new member decided to take the bullying by the tenured team member, but it didn't stop there. Few months later it was finally reported. The new member has very good work history inside company and in other firms. The bully is covered by manager.