actual function was than to keep paying you while at home sitting. Because chances are, (as per studies), you won’t return anyways.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER/NEW JOB CALLS YOUR OLD JOB?
Despite how you left, companies can be made liable for slander-you ole superstar you. Regardless how bright you shined on the job (or not), companies are only required to give:
- Dates of employment
- Rate of pay
Typically, (because of possible slander suits), they refuse to give comments about performance and other details but if asked if you are eligible for rehire, legally (without the risk of being sued), your old employer can say: “yes” or “no.”
Obviously, “no” is a two letter, one-syllable word that pretty much answers all details (for questions your new employer might want to know). According to the source of this article, if it turns out that that “no” given matches up with a seemingly dishonest answer as to what your “reason for leaving” was, you might not get the job offer.
Hot Tip: I did hear (elsewhere) that in writing (I believe via fax as well), if your old employer can legally put “details” in writing–just not over the phone.
“PERFORMANCE PLANS” IS HR CODE FOR ‘PREPARE TO HAUL A$$’
To put it bluntly, the source of this article (who, might I remind you again-is an HR re) stated that if you are put on a performance plan-don’t expect things to turn around anytime soon. That’s just 
a nice way of paying you still while the decision has already been made to retire your cleats sheets and white out and pens and cubicle family pics etc.
Employers feel that letting you out this way is easier because they don’t have to fire you and you get unemployment off of them + better for you because as mentioned previously: You look better swinging into another job while employed than your chances of getting another job while unemployed.
Hot Tip: Keep in mind that employers in 49 of 50 states are “at will” employers, which mean they can fire you for any reason they wish to (as long as your civil rights aren’t violated). The annoyance of the paperwork and battle involved in fighting your unemployment claim at this stage is why that “performance plan” is a prelude to asking you to leave without being rude.
LAYOFFS ARE MORE PERSONAL THAN PROFESSIONAL
While productivity and skills on the job matter, when it comes to layoffs, office politics rule over that. Because layoffs are a matter of restructuring and percentage cutting, managers are consulted with to determine who stays and who goes. Typically the ones who they felt were more positive about the job and expressed frustrations less or was less critical of the company stay on/survive the layoff.
GOOD PERFORMANCE EVALS AND GOLD STARS FOR PERFECT ATTENDANCE DON’T KEEP YOU ‘SAFE’ FROM TERMINATION OR LAYOFFS
…As the source of this article so eloquently put it “Those are just recognition for what you’ve been paid to do.”
Hot Tip: “What have you done for us lately?” …is always on an employers mind. That said, for any reason on any given day (“at will”) the company can decide to not keep you despite
