Demotion without review
DawnC
27 Posts
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 09-29-07 AT 11:52AM (CST)[/font][br][br]We have a situation where our Long Range Strategic Team (LRSPT) is discussing demoting a member of the management team. The problem, as I see it, is the team member has not been reviewed since he started in June 2006. Since our ISO policy is to review team members quarterly, I can't see how they can do this without creating a larger issue.
The LRSPT is a group of 5 top management including the CEO, CFO, Production Team Leader, Sales Team Leader and Service Team Leader. Their meetings are private and minutes are kept.
When the meeting minutes were distributed for this long range planning session, this plan was e-mailed to our Strategic Planning Team (SPT). This team consists of LRSPT members and managers, supervisors and peer trainers company wide. It was a mistake on the part of the company that assists in our planning, but none-the-less rather than 5 members receiving this plan, 25 team members have received the plan.
This is not a contract employement; it is at will.
How should I advise the LRSPT?
The LRSPT is a group of 5 top management including the CEO, CFO, Production Team Leader, Sales Team Leader and Service Team Leader. Their meetings are private and minutes are kept.
When the meeting minutes were distributed for this long range planning session, this plan was e-mailed to our Strategic Planning Team (SPT). This team consists of LRSPT members and managers, supervisors and peer trainers company wide. It was a mistake on the part of the company that assists in our planning, but none-the-less rather than 5 members receiving this plan, 25 team members have received the plan.
This is not a contract employement; it is at will.
How should I advise the LRSPT?
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I have basically explained what you recommended so I feel I am leading them down the proper path. BTB, he is waiting to see me now...thanks.
Deep breath
Good luck.
If an EE's actions directly affect the customer, those are dealt with swiftly and appropriately.
External survey results are utilized in performance appraisal for those customer sensitive positions. However, this ee is not affected by those survey results.
EE is somewhat calmed down now and expecting a performance review by his Strategic Leadership Team (SLT) manager. He is not settling in easily, but I have interviewed his manager and am moving from there.
Happy Monday everyone!!!
Mistakes happen and if handled quickly and with an apology to the individual involved not for the action but for the way they found out, it can turn out okay.
Often people pay equal if not more attention to how management deals with the aftermath. In my case, how it was handled made me look for a new job.
People will look at how you handle this and how this individual's treated as it's easy to play the "insert my name here" instead of the individual to be demoted. You may find yourself with turnover you don't anticipate.
That isn't going to change the fact of what they are trying to do and that the current incumbent is still being demoted just because of a name change to the job? If they are re-structuring, making it a "new" higher skilled or SIGNIFICANTLY different position with a new job description than that is different than just renaming the job. The job would have to be officially eliminated and your employee given time to adjust to whatever position you want to put him in. You didn't say if the demotion would also include a pay decrease. At that point, the incumbent would then have an opportunity to bid on a new job if you have a posting procedure in place. Sounds like the LRSPT (or someone else) has created a mess and wants to layer something over top of it to make it go away without fair treatment to this employee. What kind of message do you think it sends to other employees? You know they are watching.....
Everyone is walking on eggshells around this employee, which is a shame. He is holding his head high and keeping up or even excelling in his responsibilities. I doubt this demotion or job shift will happen now...