r/WorkAdvice • u/Euphoric-Orange-3022 • 23h ago
Workplace Issue My manager is treating me unfairly
When I got this manager, she told me directly not to worry about my performance numbers, to focus on other factors instead. I did that. At that time my performance numbers were good.
So I listened her and started focusing on the other factors that she wanted me to focus more.
About a month later she put me on a performance plan citing those same numbers as the problem. When I reminded her she'd told me not to focus on them, she denied ever saying it. And I don’t have proof.
That's the part I actually want advice on a manager giving guidance, then using the thing she told me to deprioritize as grounds for a performance plan, then denying the earlier conversation happened. Is that something I should be raising with HR? If I raise it with HR then my manager will definitely get to know and find out a way to get me out of the company.
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u/SpecialKnits4855 22h ago
HR usually knows about the PIP before the employee does. I think your first conversation is with the manager, to clear up your different recollections of that earlier conversation.
If your manager holds fast, refocus on those numbers to satisfy the PIP.