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Questions regarding how well one is at performing tasks required of a job.

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Should I talk confidentially to HR about my unattainable sales goals

It's too early to go to HR, and I am not even sure HR is the correct person to talk to about this. As I understand, the bottom line here is: You can't do your planned work because of certain restricti …
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Confess slacking off due to lack of work and lost of motivation

For last few months I was not given enough tasks to keep myself busy. The only thing I could (and probably should) have been working on when I was free was an internal application (not a lot of bus …
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Employer says they want Quality & Quantity, but only pays bonuses based on the latter

Based on your statements in the question, I'm going to write the answer(s) How to cope with this situation? If you want monetary benefits, shift your priority to produce quantity rather than qu …
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What to tell your next employer if you are being bullied into resigning from your current role?

not being on my desk all the time This would be a non-issue, in case there is no performance impact. …
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How to convince somebody that he is fit for something else, but not this job?

(The option I'd go with) Suck it up (sorry, it sounds harsh, but one of the options) and let them continue, have periodic performance monitoring and document it, wait for them to fail, and then let management …
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Dealing with conflict between co-workers for non-work-related issue affecting their work

You are the head (superior), to it's your duty to manage. Don't feel you're interrupting or overstepping, go ahead and mediate, manage them. [...] dip in their stats and an increase in mistakes. Mist …
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Should I address a coworker's performance when working in a temporary team? (software develo...

It's not your place to judge the performance of your co-worker, you do not manage them. You can only do your part in the shared assignment, and leave the rest to the colleague to complete. …
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One of my subordinates ignores my instructions

It seems you have wasted a lot of time wondering on "if"s and "but"s and did not take a stand on your decisions. In other words, they undermined your authority and decision, because you allowed them t …
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Can I ask HR to put me on a PIP?

If this was handed out to you out of the blue (without any prior communication), then you need to reach out and ask for the performance measurement metrics used to measure your performance. … So, to answer your questions: Is it possible to ask HR to define the performance metrics, and the performance measurement method? …
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How does being on a PIP affect my relocation bonus and future business trip?

I'd say, re-check your contract. Most of the cases, the clause is, if you chose to leave the company (resign), you have to pay it back. If the company chooses to terminate your tenure for any reason, …
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Engineer refusing to file/disclose patents

This engineer has filed over 30 successful patents over the past 2 years, and all of these inventions are used in our products. This was indication enough for your senior management to not call o …
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How to interpret a "Thank you for all your hard work" statement before actual completion of ...

On a slimmer chance, if your team lead has resorted to sarcasm to convey the feedback about poor performance, then there there is some serious malfunction that has crept into the team dynamics that needs …
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Arrogant , lazy worker considered for promotion

Long story short: As long as you are not directly responsible for managing them, you really do not have much to say in this. If both of your work areas are interdependent, please document all the issu …
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My boss wants to get rid of me - what should I do?

As I see, you have two choices: Keep stalling and end up being put into PIP (and most likely the outcome will be negative anyways, based on the previous experiences), and finally end up being termin …
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