I had an email today from HR attaching a letter they have sent to me at home in the post. Basically they are asking for a meeting on Tuesday next at which they will consider terminating my contract.
I started working for the firm in August 2012. My initial probationary period was extended after my immediate boss indicated she was not happy with my progress, particularly in relation to various software etc and the amount of time it was taking me to pick it up. I accepted her comments and had some further training at head office, bought a book to help, and so on.
The letter is saying that my boss does not feel I am up to speed with various aspects of the job (I don't want to go into too much detail in case I out myself). She certainly hasn't said anything to me about this, and I would argue that I am much better able to deal with matters now.
The software issue has been raised again, specifically that my boss wants to be able to do various things with the software with my assistance but she doesn't believe I can do them (although she has not at any point asked me to do these things, and once they were initially pointed out to me as a failing I made a note of what I had done to improve, including being shown the specific tasks she wants me to do, and she signed this).
Finally the letter states they are not happy with my sickness record. I was off for three days in February and ten days in April. In February I was suffering from a respiratory/flu-type bug and earlier this month I was hospitalised with pneumonia. All absences have been properly recorded and sicknotes provided. The company know I suffer from rheumatoid arthritis as I made this clear at the outset. My medication means I am immunosuppressed, hence falling prey to the various bugs.
Is it a done deal that I will lose my job? Quite apart from the fact that I have DC to feed and a mortgage to pay (which i won't be able to without a job), I actually like my job and my colleagues....
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MoreLegsThanMe · 24/04/2013 21:31
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