I am in a bit of a tricky dilemma. Not army related, but you guys have given me good advice in the past, so here goes...
I did a job at x company, working directly to a board member. There are 3 levels in my job, assistant, technician and chartered. I see myself in the middle of this and I am quite clear I can do a good job at an intermediate level.
Because of agency rates, they were paying for a chartered salary, I was getting paid under a technician level. The board member didn't really understand the nature of the role. She also didn't really understand the business which meant there was quite a bit of debate between the 2 of us. She also didn't understand some of the legal requirements of the job, which got to the point that I was doing things for free to protect the business and myself.
In the end, I took another job. Whilst I was gone, the Director appointed another person on a ftc and increased his salary by £10k, her and the management team apparently went on about how they had now got someone 'at the right level',
6 months later, I was offered a similar level job (in another part of the business) and came back to the organisation. My replacement is now reporting to the CEO, the original director had 'moved on' and the last remaining manager in the old part of the organisation has just left.
I do not have a relationship with the CEO, this suits me, I am known by the other members of the Board and I have a good reputation. The CEO is pulling out his hair, with the standard of work handed to him by my replacement. He has outsourced 60% of my original job to a professional firm and is still cocking up the remaining 40% of the role. An individual auditor has come in and has done a report to say he basically can't understand how things have gone downhill 'until this date (my last day) everything worked etc, but now things have deteriorated.
Unofficially, we have been approached by the outsourced firm asking us to release them from the work. They are spending twice the amount of work as there are multiple issues associated with the work they are asked to do. They are concerned about their reputation of carrying on working for him, which is why they have continued to carry on (EDIT - as opposed to telling him to 'do one' and then being blamed for the mess that would follow).
The leadership team are preparing to get rid of him. He has asked me if I would be willing to provide a reference. His management has largely moved on, I am the only person who really understands his role and he has alienated the senior management team.
I am very torn, quite frankly he is desperate. The leadership team have told me, if he leaves they will turn a blind eye and would rather he had a job to support his family rather than sack him.
He is a really nice guy, he's just oversold himself. A previous colleague to me has said he wasn't deemed competent at his last job and he just can't seem to perform at a technical level and often leaves things to the last minute or calls in sick for important meetings.
I can see he can do certain things at the expected level, but he's not versatile, willing to go the extra mile and he's stubborn and won't ask for help.
I plan to be honest about our relationship (peers) and to comment on what he can do well. I want to comment on things he may need help with, but it feels like I am stabbing him in the back and I am concerned about my own reputation damage if he is taken on and doesn't perform.
I did a job at x company, working directly to a board member. There are 3 levels in my job, assistant, technician and chartered. I see myself in the middle of this and I am quite clear I can do a good job at an intermediate level.
Because of agency rates, they were paying for a chartered salary, I was getting paid under a technician level. The board member didn't really understand the nature of the role. She also didn't really understand the business which meant there was quite a bit of debate between the 2 of us. She also didn't understand some of the legal requirements of the job, which got to the point that I was doing things for free to protect the business and myself.
In the end, I took another job. Whilst I was gone, the Director appointed another person on a ftc and increased his salary by £10k, her and the management team apparently went on about how they had now got someone 'at the right level',
6 months later, I was offered a similar level job (in another part of the business) and came back to the organisation. My replacement is now reporting to the CEO, the original director had 'moved on' and the last remaining manager in the old part of the organisation has just left.
I do not have a relationship with the CEO, this suits me, I am known by the other members of the Board and I have a good reputation. The CEO is pulling out his hair, with the standard of work handed to him by my replacement. He has outsourced 60% of my original job to a professional firm and is still cocking up the remaining 40% of the role. An individual auditor has come in and has done a report to say he basically can't understand how things have gone downhill 'until this date (my last day) everything worked etc, but now things have deteriorated.
Unofficially, we have been approached by the outsourced firm asking us to release them from the work. They are spending twice the amount of work as there are multiple issues associated with the work they are asked to do. They are concerned about their reputation of carrying on working for him, which is why they have continued to carry on (EDIT - as opposed to telling him to 'do one' and then being blamed for the mess that would follow).
The leadership team are preparing to get rid of him. He has asked me if I would be willing to provide a reference. His management has largely moved on, I am the only person who really understands his role and he has alienated the senior management team.
I am very torn, quite frankly he is desperate. The leadership team have told me, if he leaves they will turn a blind eye and would rather he had a job to support his family rather than sack him.
He is a really nice guy, he's just oversold himself. A previous colleague to me has said he wasn't deemed competent at his last job and he just can't seem to perform at a technical level and often leaves things to the last minute or calls in sick for important meetings.
I can see he can do certain things at the expected level, but he's not versatile, willing to go the extra mile and he's stubborn and won't ask for help.
I plan to be honest about our relationship (peers) and to comment on what he can do well. I want to comment on things he may need help with, but it feels like I am stabbing him in the back and I am concerned about my own reputation damage if he is taken on and doesn't perform.
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