my brother got a job in a factory thru an agency over a year ago.
in august the company took him on as a permanant member of staff.
his mate got promoted to supervisor and he goes to managers meetings.
there was a meeting on friday afternoon. his mate said that the main manager spent over 10minutes of the meeting slagging my brother off. he said that as soon as he can afford to get rid of some staff my brother will be the first one on the list.
my brother has been working loads of overtime.
he isnt late.
and until now he thought everything was ok.
he is now worried that he is being singled out incase they find a reason to sack him.
what should he do?
2007-01-14 04:31:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
my brother has been good friends with this mate since he was 8 years old
2007-01-14 04:53:52 · update #1
That's not nice do they have a company help line he could ring?
2007-01-14 04:36:48 · answer #1 · answered by Alicat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did your brothers mate think that the manager was justified in slagging your brother off? If not, then he really should have said something in defence of your brother at the time. It is awful to slag people off when they are not there to offer up a defence, but it can be just as bad not to say something in defence of a person not there or not able to defend himself.
Your brother cannot go and mention anything to the manager because it will be obvious where the information has come from.
I would ask for a review of my work under the guise of 'wanting to better myself and the company (blah)'. Ask this manager for the review. He may reveal why he is so hacked off with your brother.
Also, look for another job! Your brother should not have to live in constant concern about whether or not he is going to be able to pay the bills next month. It must be soul destroying and immensley worrying and he is not going to be giving his best at work under those circumstances.
Your brother could also ingratiate humself with other people in 'power' positions. The more the better. There is nothing like having someone say 'Well I think he's great' when other people are trying to run you down. he might eventually turn it round so that people think that the manager should be the one to go.
There are many laws governing 'bullying' and harrasment at work. I think your brother could possibly contact ACAS (UK). This is an independent body set up to make employees and employers sit down and discuss all manner of problems at work. Just even the threat of going to them may be enough to make this manager back off.
If he still feels that he is being unfairly 'singled out' then he should also make it clear to his employer what is happening. Keep a diary and log all events, times, places, what he was asked to do etc etc. It can be used as evidence and a blunt pencil is better than a sharp memory!
Best of luck. He has to remember that the company chose to take him on! They must have had some sort of confidence in his ability!
2007-01-14 04:54:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First can your brother trust that his friend is being honest and not exageratting a small comment?
If this is true then this incident is illegal.
I would contact a national body for advice but if I was your brother I wouldn't worry, they have no evidence that he has ever done anything late and he has payslips that show that he often helps out with overtime. If this does ever happen your brother could take this company to an employment tribunal and he would get thousands of pounds compensation!
Hope this helps
Sarah
2007-01-14 04:46:19 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah X 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He could always contact a lawyer and sue for slander. I dont think its ethical to go after an employee verbally in a closed meeting or not, if he was not the main focus of "said"meeting".Or he can wait and do so if they fire him for no reason, that is if his mate will back up story.
2007-01-14 04:39:34 · answer #4 · answered by tziamin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He needs to find out what he's not doing correctly and resolve whatever issue that is. Is his production level not up to par, does he make too many mistakes or is there a personality clash with someone? Maybe he talks too much? He needs to find out ASAP.
It might be too late though--he should start looking around for another job. Sometimes they make up their minds and once they do it's very hard getting them to change their minds.
2007-01-14 04:51:02 · answer #5 · answered by Mr_B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He may get his friend in trouble but he needs to go to the union about this, if there is no union, he needs to seek advise on victimisation, but if it is just your brothers friends word then this may not be enough evidence. Tell him to keep a diary of ALL events so he will have some ammo if the worst happens.
2007-01-14 04:37:21 · answer #6 · answered by ROBSTER 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your brother might go to a senior supervisor and ask for feedback about his own performance with the goal of learning if he, your brother, needs to do something to improve. He should be pro active in finding out if something is wrong and how to fix it.
2007-01-14 04:49:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best he can do is to find out what he has been slagged off for, and if possible address the issues to improve his standing, also perhaps start looking around for another job
2007-01-14 04:38:01 · answer #8 · answered by BobC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep his eyes open for other jobs. Unless unionized an employer can fire someone for no reason what so ever. The only way it is illegal to fire or not hire someone is based on race, age, national origin, or disability.
2007-01-14 04:40:51 · answer #9 · answered by darrenwelsh429 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Join a trade union, even if there isn't one at his work, he can still join one. Tell him to contact the TUC for advice.
2007-01-14 04:38:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋