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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by ergocoder on Sunday October 30, 2022 @01:52AM (#33391531)
What are some strategies for this? I can't think of any and would have been a sitting duck.
Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by giantrobot on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:35AM (#33392776)
Get everything in writing. If someone wants an in-person meeting with no notes taken send an e-mail to them afterwards confirming what was said in the meeting. That way you have a paper trail of what was said/known and when.
Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by itake on Sunday October 30, 2022 @09:10AM (#33394187)
Do you have more context as to why this is important? Is this for all project work, or is this for meetings discussing severance?
Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by sbarre on Sunday October 30, 2022 @09:28AM (#33394329)
If your employer is trying to fire you "with cause" then they will be producing a paper trail of their own, to justify their decision. Their paper trail will be very one-sided, of course.

You will need your own paper trail to demonstrate your side of things, either as part of the severance meeting - if you even get the opportunity - or after you get fired if you choose to make a claim against it.

Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by giantrobot on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:43PM (#33396003)
This is advice if you think your employer is going to try firing you for cause so they don't need to pay a severance. When they're trying to do that your manager will try to have more face to face meetings so none of the discussions are recorded. Then they will send some e-mails to their manager with some colored description of what took place. For instance they'll say your productivity dropped or you're mismanaging your time because you didn't work on project A but in your one-on-one they explicitly told you to stop working on project A and instead focus on B. When it comes time to drop the hammer they'll have one-sided documentation of your performance.

If they're start talking about your performance definitely follow up with an e-mail about what metrics they are using to measure performance and pressure them to give you a path for correction.

If you don't have any documentation it will be easier for them to fire you and offer you nothing. If you have a bunch of documentation, especially if they know you have it, they'll be more likely to offer a severance. A wrongful termination suit will likely cost them more than your severance, especially if you have a lot of documentation of your work and performance.

Also remember HR exists to protect the company, they don't give a shit about you beyond whatever the legal requirement is for giving a shit. Don't sign anything without reading it carefully.