Hi All,
I was a star performer with one of fortune 500 companies in Bangalore, India. Recently i was going through some personal crisis and to avoid the impact on my professional career i applied for a long leave of 25 days. The leaves were initially approved by my reporting manger but it was later rejected saying that the leaves were approved by mistake. Also the company had some audit review on me for which i was available on phone and cleared all my allegations. Since i was in distress i requested HR and Business to allow me to operate from other business location which was denied. All this continued for for 2 weeks and company sent me mails requesting me to report to office but i needed a couple of more days to close with my personal issues. The HR showed no mercy and went ahead with termination on 25th June 2015. However, I was available from 26th onwards but HR team were not ready for reconsidering the decision. I was asked to submit my office belongings, which i did.
Now my questions are:
1) If an employee is in personal distress and applies for leave to deal with it then how ethical it is for the company to cancel them with no solid reasoning.
2) Also if the employee has cleared all audit reviews then why this termination?
3) Why HR cannot reconsider the decision if the employee was a star performer?
Today i am shattered with this thought of termination and feel helpless at my company's decision. I also would like to understand my rights and what i can do to get this in order.
Regards,
Praveen
I was a star performer with one of fortune 500 companies in Bangalore, India. Recently i was going through some personal crisis and to avoid the impact on my professional career i applied for a long leave of 25 days. The leaves were initially approved by my reporting manger but it was later rejected saying that the leaves were approved by mistake. Also the company had some audit review on me for which i was available on phone and cleared all my allegations. Since i was in distress i requested HR and Business to allow me to operate from other business location which was denied. All this continued for for 2 weeks and company sent me mails requesting me to report to office but i needed a couple of more days to close with my personal issues. The HR showed no mercy and went ahead with termination on 25th June 2015. However, I was available from 26th onwards but HR team were not ready for reconsidering the decision. I was asked to submit my office belongings, which i did.
Now my questions are:
1) If an employee is in personal distress and applies for leave to deal with it then how ethical it is for the company to cancel them with no solid reasoning.
2) Also if the employee has cleared all audit reviews then why this termination?
3) Why HR cannot reconsider the decision if the employee was a star performer?
Today i am shattered with this thought of termination and feel helpless at my company's decision. I also would like to understand my rights and what i can do to get this in order.
Regards,
Praveen