I've been employed with my company for about a year now and they've started this new thing of giving every employee company-wide their job reviews for a raise at the same time no matter how long they've been with the company.
Well, I recently had my review and it was supposed to be based on a 1-15 point scale, but instead of that scale, the person giving me my review told me that they were told by the company higher-ups to give us all 10pts and under on everything so that when the next years review comes around that everyone can show some improvement. I dont think that is fair. Sure not everyone deserves a perfect 15 and a huge raise but in some areas, some people do deserve more than a 10. Your final score is used to determine your raise... so if you really deserved a 13 and only got a 10, you're not going to get as big of a raise as you should be getting. It's like rigged reviews & raises. Is this even legal? Is there anywhere I can file a complaint against my company about this?
2007-01-27 11:18:08 · 4 answers · asked by phirephaerie 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
There is nothing you can do about it, because the Company doesn't have to give anyone a raise. It is their own policy. In Europe you would probably have a legal case, but not in the US.
Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do except maybe take the matter to upper management and tell them that you think their policy is ethically wrong.
2007-01-27 11:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by philosopher_pimp 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You should refuse to sign the review and attach a copy of a complaint. Everything in writing is a legal record. In your rebuttal state firmly but unemotionally your concerns. The management will change its tune once it knows that they are on notice. If you can, have other employees do the same. It's just more of the games management plays. Put them on notice and tell HR so that they will think twice about giving you a hard time in the future, for fear of legal action.
2007-01-27 19:30:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where I used to work, we'd get the same performance evaluation all the time. That way they could give us crummy raises. It's legal, no company is required to give their employees raises at all.
2007-01-27 19:26:25 · answer #3 · answered by Jenny m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be prepared to be labeled a nonconformist or not a teem player,by causing "waves" if you don't go alone with the game plan. Like was stated no company need give raises.
2007-01-27 19:53:09 · answer #4 · answered by martywdx 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋