My dance partner works for Marriott, which in the last few years has been moving a lot of departments from Maryland to Knoxville, Tennessee. She did not want to move when her department was moved, so she found another job within the company. Last Spring, that department was also moved and she found another job within the company in a department unlikley to be moved. Everything seemed set to her, although I, having seen how Marriott treats employees was skeptical.
Her performance evaluation is set for January. Last week, her supervisor called her into the office and told her that she thinks it's been a bad fit. She read her the review she would give her, told her there was no chance it could get better by January and gave her a letter that she wanted her to sign where they both agreed to an "Amicable separation." She said otherwise, she'd have to let her go in January and it would look much better for her if she agreed to leave voluntarily instead of waiting to be fired. My dance partner asked her what she would say if somebody called for a reference and she said "I would tell them the truth." She then told her there was no rush on making a decision. She should make one by next Wednesday.
On a hunch, my dance partner went to the HR department who told her this was the first they had heard of this and the supervisor should have come to them first. They would talk to the supervisor and get back to her after that.
Here's the thing. Even if the supervisor gets overruled by HR, the work environment will be miserable for the next two months since the supervisor wants her to leave. Is it worth waiting to see what happens? Should she get out now and take the severance package and look for another job? She wants to still look within the company, but given Marriott's moves of departments and now this awful experience with a supervisor wanting to get rid of her, wouldn't she be better off giving up on the company and trying to find somewhere that treats employees better?
If it was you, would you leave now? Would you just leave the department or would you leave the company alltogether?
Her performance evaluation is set for January. Last week, her supervisor called her into the office and told her that she thinks it's been a bad fit. She read her the review she would give her, told her there was no chance it could get better by January and gave her a letter that she wanted her to sign where they both agreed to an "Amicable separation." She said otherwise, she'd have to let her go in January and it would look much better for her if she agreed to leave voluntarily instead of waiting to be fired. My dance partner asked her what she would say if somebody called for a reference and she said "I would tell them the truth." She then told her there was no rush on making a decision. She should make one by next Wednesday.
On a hunch, my dance partner went to the HR department who told her this was the first they had heard of this and the supervisor should have come to them first. They would talk to the supervisor and get back to her after that.
Here's the thing. Even if the supervisor gets overruled by HR, the work environment will be miserable for the next two months since the supervisor wants her to leave. Is it worth waiting to see what happens? Should she get out now and take the severance package and look for another job? She wants to still look within the company, but given Marriott's moves of departments and now this awful experience with a supervisor wanting to get rid of her, wouldn't she be better off giving up on the company and trying to find somewhere that treats employees better?
If it was you, would you leave now? Would you just leave the department or would you leave the company alltogether?
