Nervous!

DH had a review at work today (as part of his probation terms) and they have asked him to come back tomorrow, with me Kinda as a support thing but mostly to keep me in the loop I think. Now I'm nervous and have butterflies! It's almost as bad as going for an interview!

Is that weird? Being asked to come in to the interview I mean?
Good luck!

wow that is kinda strange aye as your not an employee??!!?? Hope it all goes well.

Oh ok, I hope it is not bad news,
I don't reckon there should be probationary periods anymore, what's happened to just good old plane managing people, and if they are not performing to how they are expected to, then they need to be told/shown/trained etc... sorry vent over just my dh got sucked in not long ago and was promised a job then was layed off for no reason, well they would not provide one.

they are required to offer someone to have a support person there and offer the opportunity for a spouse, lawyer, friend etc to attend for any disciplinary meetings

if it is one and he wants to continue in the job ask for mediation....they have to go through that process and you asking BEFORE they fire him has to be given....if that is what is happening...altho i truly hope not!

Fingers crossed everything is ok

Hope everything goes well tomorrow.

Bump! Where are you guys? Dying of nerves over here in the cheap seats!

Hi guys, thanks for thinking of us. The meeting was at 10am and sadly, it was the news we were dreading. But.... they've been really nice about it all. And then we went out for morning tea (and debriefing) together so he could collect his thoughts before getting back to work. Here's the gist:

DH has been working there for 3 months on probation (due to expire on 14 Sept). His job is "Conference and Publications Assistant" but it is actually a high-admin job and DH is qualified in the area of graphic design. Also they are a very busy, small business and were wanting someone with a couple of years' experience. (DH is not long out of UCOL/polytech). So the job doesn't exactly fit him and that has become clear in the last 6 weeks or so.

So the first thing they did was to push him to see what he was capable of. And they say he did really well and they are impressed with his good attitude through that process. Then they (the bosses) had lengthy discussions about whether they could utilise his design/creative skills by giving him a different role in the company. Unfortunately they are too small to be able to offer that at the moment. There wouldn't be enough work to create a position.

So what they have decided to do is to extend his working days to the end of September, send him to a careers counsellor (if he agrees, but he will) and use that as a springboard to find him another job, elsewhere. They said he is welcome to see the careers counsellor (it sounds like they will get in touch with a couple of good report and let him choose) in work time, and same for job interviews.

If they find a replacement in time, they would be keen for him to be part of that person's integration into the company, but if he finds a job before then he's free to go. And if he finds a job before the end of September they are happy for him to take that position up on an asap basis, as a lot of places ask for these days. They also said they want to help him get a job by giving good references etc, they really like him but they would like to see him in a creative job instead of administrative. The CEO said she would be amazed if he hadn't got a job by the end of September.


So all in all, I think it was a pretty positive meeting. DH's boss encouraged him to think of this job as a stepping stone, not as a failure. It's fair to say that DH is disappointed and he's really going to miss the people there too, but I think if they had offered to give him the full contract (until mid-winter 2008), he would have felt a bit trapped.

So, a new season for us (freaky but exciting!) and to his bosses!

*bump* does this work???