Potential Redundancy but biased scoresheet?

DickyRobbo44

Hello and thanks for helping.

I will try and keep this to the point.

Been with my company for 4 years, nearly 5.

9 months ago handed in my notice for another job for substantial pay increase. Technical director offered the same pay if I stayed which was an £8000 a year raise. I accepted (regretfully now).

Been on furlough since March. Slowly the whole team has been brought back one by one but myself and 1 other not bought back at all, claiming we would be at the end of furlough.

Now received a notice of potential redundancy with a score sheet on how they came to the decision, and that's where the BS begins.

Ever since handing my notice in, 've felt targeted by the TD. He's constantly singled me out for things and I've always felt like there's been a target on my back. My selection criteria was based from his pov and HR. His views are just ludicrous. Its a blanket average in all the categories which are attitude and commitment, standard and quality of work, Versatility of skills/ knowledge, future potential and following company procedures.

A quick comment on why I believe they are unfair;

Attitude and commitment: His comment "Does not go the extra when needed". I'm contracted to 37.5 hours a week, I've rarely done less than 42 and never once done 37.5 hours. I have even gone in on a few Saturdays for free. I also find it typical that he finds commitment to be solely linked to how much time I've put in. I've also only had time of when my dad died, otherwise 4 years without a day off sick even when I was.

Standard and Quality of work;

His comment "Lots of errors, has to redo work". Again quite shocked, if I was so bad why the big payrise? I haven't had a single performance review or ever been advised my work was not up to standard.

Versatility of skills;

No comments. I have worked in several areas of the business including assembling products to help the shop floor. No formal training in the 4 years I've been there on anything.

Future Potential and following procedures;

I mean it hurts when your a 34 year old engineer, with 8 years experience told you have average potential. That for me shows a poor leadership. Also I have never had any disciplinary action, been on phone or anything to break the rules in 4 years, but again, average.

So that's the criteria. I have a call tomorrow where I will dispute and ask for evidence. The other colleague was scored EXACTLY the same as me and I believe the scores have been fiddled to make us come out low.

Advice from here onwards? This may sound wrong now, but I was miserable there and do not want my job bac. What I ideally want is grounds to argue and get a better pay-out. In these times the competition for engineering roles I've seen is 400 applicants for 1 position so if I can get more of a pay-out I will as I need to buy myself as much time as possible.

Thanks for taking the time to read/ help.

gwynlas

You are very unlikely to get any increase in payout as despite your complaints  as there  aren't any tangible grounds to persuade them to do so. Having been given such a good payrise you are an expensive resource for the business and given what you have said about the competition for roles they can rejig the job description and get a replacement cheaper. Sometimes you just have to accept the inevitable and walk away knowing  that you did a good job but that you fell foul of your manager. I have been made redundant twice but was extremely lucky to have other resources to  fall back on.

DickyRobbo44

So what you saying is, accept being unfairly picked for redundancy because the boss doesn't like me?

lincroft1710

Do you really want to work for someone who dislikes you intensely?

Of course you could offer to take a pay cut of about £6000 pa.

gettingtheresometime

The other thing to consider is were the company expecting more of you given your pay increase?

DickyRobbo44

OK I need some further advice before I go to a solicitor. 

 

Had my consultation. In the letter before the meeting it said 2 cad engineers would need to be made redundant. There are 2 of us still on furlough. In the meeting I asked the question how many people were in the pool for these 2 positions that I was being scored against and I was specifically told and reassured the whole cad team were being scored and included in the process. Having spoken to most of them, none of them are even aware of redundancies being made let alone being in the process. The director said that would happen over the next few weeks, he also said at the end of the meeting he's away for 2 weeks! They said they would come to a decision in 2 weeks. 

 

How is that fair? I'm being scored along with another engineer for 2 jobs? Sounds like a full gone conclusion already. If I am made redundant without any other team members included surely that's grounds for unfair dismissal? I didn't record the conversation but my other colleague did and he was told the same. 

 

Thanks for any help. 

Thrugelmir

DickyRobbo44 said:

 I didn't record the conversation but my other colleague did and he was told the same. 

 

Hopefully this was above board and not a secret recording.