Words to make HR take notice

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Investment banking.

Just had my yearly objectives and for the first tine in 10 years had one ‘below par’ rating.

Coincides with new boss being so deeply sexist, probably he doesn’t even realise he is.

It gives me the chance to go to HR. I feel I am paid less, respected less, do all the ‘wife work’ of The team with no reward. Plus never suggested to go for promotion.

When I go to HR, what are the buzzwords that they are worried about? It’s nothing concrete obviously, it’s just the drip drip drip of doing the shit stuff with no recognition or credit.

Thanks !

So coincidentally more redundancies have just been announced !

Any Investment banking hr types that would like to share:

How the redundancy payment is calculated ? Rumour is one or three weeks for every year.

If they add any on to that?

What happens if I don’t sign the redundancy agreement as I want more money.

I know an employment lawyer, is it worth talking to them?

Thanks !!!!

If you don't get statutory redundancy (which I'd be surprised about if you did in a bank,) then what you can expect may be in your contract, but probably worded so they have some wiggle room. (They more than you.)

Ours is something like a month for every year you've been employed, capped at 6 months, but apparently there are other payments as well. And you’re not allowed to diss the company publicly on social media afterwards, as one former colleague discovered,else you risk losing it all except statutory.

Stop doing the admin. Concentrate on what is in your objectives. Then if others notice it's not being done, you can say that when X left a new arrangement for who would do it was never agreed, so it should now be divided up across the team.

'wife-work'? WTH is that supposed to be in the late 20th century - let alone 2018? (I'm a man. I think it's time you started doing your job in a way that benefits you, not just the team. If all you do is admin, then you're obviously underperforming as you don't have time to do the job you need to do.)

You can't work from home when you've a new boss, sorry, not if you want to be recognised as a valuable team member. If he's never really met you, and you don't actually do much (don't get me wrong, admin is definitely 'a lot' but it's everybody else's admin too that you're doing) then you're bound to be regarded as underperforming.

I’m giving up the admin, and I do complete all my objectives, except for when I am told other projects have superseded them.

Anyway just had call from US boss thanking team for our exceptional hard work during last project

So this is what I want to know now:
What happens if I don’t sign the redundancy agreement if I want more money.

How do you mean "if I want more money"?

There's statutory redundancy pay which is set by the government.
Or you might get offered voluntary redundancy or your company might offer an enhanced package.
I'd take it if you aren't happy there anyway

m.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4254

What do you mean, sign the redundancy agreement? Have you been offered redundancy, in which case they will have made the financial terms clear. Are the terms better than the statutory minimum?

I like to be ready for any senario! In banking then the understanding is you get a whack of money to go away quietly.

Will start another thread on it