Unexpected formal improvement plan

Grumpy_chap

Amara said:

Thank you for all your responses. @Brie, it won't be time and time again. Formal plan is three weeks, then review meeting, if not successfull, another three weeks and if again not successful , termination of employment. I could be out of job by September. 

So, you need to decide (now) how likely that is and whether you think you can meet the targets by September and then do everything you possibly can to ensure you absolutely blitz it.
OR, if you think that is unrealistic, take the opening at Civil Service.  I assume you need to accept that rather before the improvement period in the current role has taken the full course.

Amara

I genuinely didn't realise how important is accuracy in this work and sometimes I went too fast. Deep down I belive I can do it. I wish communiaction was better there.

Marcon

Amara said:

I genuinely didn't realise how important is accuracy in this work and sometimes I went too fast. Deep down I belive I can do it. I wish communiaction was better there.

That's a pretty startling admission, so it's no surprise your employer has put you on an improvement plan.

You're blaming your employer for poor communication, but how can you hold down any sort of job in finance and not realise that accuracy matters? If you can get your head round that, slow down as necessary, and really show the penny has dropped, there's a good chance you may yet rescue matters. 

Best of luck!

LinLui

Marcon said:

Amara said:

I genuinely didn't realise how important is accuracy in this work and sometimes I went too fast. Deep down I belive I can do it. I wish communiaction was better there.

That's a pretty startling admission, so it's no surprise your employer has put you on an improvement plan.

You're blaming your employer for poor communication, but how can you hold down any sort of job in finance and not realise that accuracy matters? If you can get your head round that, slow down as necessary, and really show the penny has dropped, there's a good chance you may yet rescue matters. 

Best of luck!

Regrettably I agree with this. Accuracy is important in any job. And if they have told you that your accuracy isn't good enough that is all the comunication needed. I am not in finance, but if someone was repeatedly inaccurate in their responsibilitioes then they would also be on an improvement plan. This is something few employers can overlook. 

redundantmortgage

One thing I've learned about the world of work is how quickly things can change for the worse. All you really can do is look after yourself. You're managers etc. are just looking after themselves too.

I had a situation where at the start of year it was appraisal time with my team leader. She was full of praise for me, I was super talented, great work ethic and had delivered some brilliant work. 6 months later came my half year review with both my team leader and supervisor and it was more of the same.

Then later on in the year a "catch up" meeting with my team leader and supervisor went in my diary. There were lots of things coming at us at once and I assumed it would be a meeting to come up with a plan. It wasn't until the meeting began that I found out it was because there were "issues with my performance". In reality they were just blaming me for their own shortcomings.

A review meeting was planned for a months time, but barely a week later the team leader handed her notice in and that meeting never happened. However my relationship with my supervisor was beyond repair. A couple of months later she became my team leader and soon enough there were "issues with my performance" again. This time during our meeting I just nodded and agreed with everything because that lunch time I'd received a phone call with a job offer. The following morning I handed my notice in and it felt great.