Posted by Racer on July 12, 2005, at 12:19:47
In reply to Bad Performance Review At Work, posted by snoozin on July 12, 2005, at 8:47:11
You might have some protection under the ADA, which is worth looking into. In order to have any protection from it, though, your issues have to be in writing, so it's definitely worth responding to your review.
Here are a few suggestions for that response:
1. Keep your emotions out of it.
2. Keep a tight lid on reactions, just state what needs to be stated: you have a health problem that interferes with your work at times; you're working on that issue; and you have not been informed at the time that your performance is lagging, only after the fact. That last part is a great point, since that's certainly a "reasonable accommodation" of your disability.
3. Don't give too much detail, only what you need to say in order to get your points across.
4. Try to format your response as your review was formatted: if they have three points, you should have three points.
5. Try to remind yourself that this is a kind of a game, not life or death. Play the cards you've been dealt, and do your best -- your reponse has to be DONE, it doesn't have to be PERFECT.
(I had to remind myself of that a lot when I was writing my complaints to the licensing boards about my last pdoc and therapist -- took me from September of last year until the end of last month to get the damn things out, but they're out now and I feel SOOOO much better. Even though I had less at stake than you do, it still felt as though those things were hanging over my head all the time. Now that they're gone, everything is so much easier to face.)
Best luck to you.
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