Are job evaluation questions, answers used against you? Part 3
Picking up where I left off last month I’ll talk more about evaluation questions some managers hope we won’t ask. Most employees believe the performance review is about the boss having control and power versus the employee being controlled and powerless. Nothing could farther from the truth!
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Are job evaluation questions, answers used against you? Part 2
Last month I talked about how important it is for career seekers and employees to learn as much as possible about employee performance reviews or job evaluations. Most employers and employees are uncomfortable with performance appraisals. This is especially true for employees because we don’t typically accept a job thinking about evaluations until we have to.
By then it’s too late to understand how they should work for us versus against us.
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Employers negative documentation tricks! Part 1
Employers are commonly advised by their lawyers to focus on documentation, documentation and more documentation when it comes to…
- complaints
- discipline issues
- job evaluations
- medical leave
- salaries and benefits
- harassment
- discrimination
- disability
…and more. Why?
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Are job evaluation questions, answers used against you? Part 1
Job evaluations can make or break employment for anyone working for a living or providing for a family. The American workplace is becoming more complex. That means trouble for every career seeker and employee that ignores educating themselves to these changes.
In this and coming articles we are going on a journey across the sea of job evaluation questions and answers employers use to assess, control, intimidate or eliminate employees. We are also going to share job evaluation Q&A’s that should be used by employees to improve, educate themselves and keep management honest.
The following are some questions the employee could and should ask.
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15 Ways To Save Your Job!
In past articles, I’ve written how important it is for job seekers and employees to learn HOW TO DOCUMENT their work experience! Recently I’ve answered many employee questions on problems they have had as a result of not taking this seriously until it’s too late. Therefore, I’ve decided to provide more details on how to document at work.
Many employees don’t think they should document anything because everything seems to be going good. However, that can change in a heartbeat as many are finding out. A new manager comes in, there’s a change in some company policy, you get a notice of potential layoff, told you have to accept a demotion, pay cut or fired.
Now what? You’ve been with this company three years and all of a sudden boom! The company intends to lay you off but keep an employee half your age and half your seniority. Your boss tells you the younger employee has a degree and you don’t. You say to yourself, “Maybe it’s just a coincidence and not age discrimination”. One of my favorite detectives Charlie Chan puts it this way, “Coincidence like ancient egg…leave unpleasant odor!”
Since you’ve not learned to document, how can you show evidence of age or other discrimination?
That’s what this article is going to fix, hopefully before it’s too late. So let’s look at the 15 Ways To Save Your Job.
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