netsyspro
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I work in IT for a large bank. My manager got in hot water over a year ago due to hanging myself and another teammate out to dry in a disagreement with another group over the architecture for a high visibility application platform. For over 8 months we thought he had our backs and was reporting the situation up the chain when it came out in a meeting with the 3 of us & his manager that didn't happen. There has been a disconnect between myself and my manager ever since and the other bright young man left because of the same disconnect.
Due to us using the wrong architecture a team of appx 20 spend 6 months of 10-12 hour days performance testing in a bad architecture. During this time I started working from home almost exclusively and have continued to even since although those long days are behind us. I am only supposed to WFH 2 days per week but the mgr has barely said anything about it although it's clear he preferred I followed that directive. It is a loose directive as a couple others in the group rarely come to the office.
Enough of the background. Last Oct I got dinged for using my company laptop while on vacation. I only did it as a matter of convenience. The laptop picked up some malicious software which tried to go to blacklisted sites when I logged into the corp network. I figure hackers sit on unsecured hotel wifi networks and that is how it happened as I don't go to nefarious sites. There was an investigation and it got to HR but they "apparently" decided not to do anything. Anyway a couple days ago my mgr said HR was going to make me sign a warning letter. Yesterday I saw this supposed letter. Everything about it looked fake. I am close to certain as possible he made it up and told me it was going in my permanent record. It starts out talking about the laptop incident and morphs into me committing an egregious act, this is a final warning(never been warned of written up about anything ever), I will be watching you and if you don't perform you will be terminated, blah, blah, blah.... The letterhead said inter-branch communications(I have nothing to do with branches.) He said it is a letter from HR although there was no mention of HR anywhere and it wasn't signed by anyone before I signed it. His name was the only on the document.
I asked the advice of a former manager as to what I should be and he said to contact my HR employee relations representative. I don't trust HR as far as I can throw a building so that is out. I am sure how I should proceed. Any advice would be most welcome. Thanks you in advance.
Best Regards, netsyspro
Due to us using the wrong architecture a team of appx 20 spend 6 months of 10-12 hour days performance testing in a bad architecture. During this time I started working from home almost exclusively and have continued to even since although those long days are behind us. I am only supposed to WFH 2 days per week but the mgr has barely said anything about it although it's clear he preferred I followed that directive. It is a loose directive as a couple others in the group rarely come to the office.
Enough of the background. Last Oct I got dinged for using my company laptop while on vacation. I only did it as a matter of convenience. The laptop picked up some malicious software which tried to go to blacklisted sites when I logged into the corp network. I figure hackers sit on unsecured hotel wifi networks and that is how it happened as I don't go to nefarious sites. There was an investigation and it got to HR but they "apparently" decided not to do anything. Anyway a couple days ago my mgr said HR was going to make me sign a warning letter. Yesterday I saw this supposed letter. Everything about it looked fake. I am close to certain as possible he made it up and told me it was going in my permanent record. It starts out talking about the laptop incident and morphs into me committing an egregious act, this is a final warning(never been warned of written up about anything ever), I will be watching you and if you don't perform you will be terminated, blah, blah, blah.... The letterhead said inter-branch communications(I have nothing to do with branches.) He said it is a letter from HR although there was no mention of HR anywhere and it wasn't signed by anyone before I signed it. His name was the only on the document.
I asked the advice of a former manager as to what I should be and he said to contact my HR employee relations representative. I don't trust HR as far as I can throw a building so that is out. I am sure how I should proceed. Any advice would be most welcome. Thanks you in advance.
Best Regards, netsyspro