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was being treated.
Grace said that she doesn’t know the whole story but has heard some
rumors that the 2nd
shift doesn’t like Paul and wants a new supervisor because he’s too
tough. I think we
better talk before we have a real problem on our hands.” 13 Jim, Judy
and Dennis met. Jim explained what happened at the recent meeting
they had
with Paul. He told Dennis they were just following the performance
appraisal
recommendations they wrote a few months ago. Dennis was aware of
the production
numbers, the quality decrement, and shipments being delayed from
Paul’s teams. Dennis
had been working with Jim on this for quite some time. When Dennis
heard that Paul
wanted to be fired he was also quite surprised. He agreed with Judy
that something must
be wrong. He planned to meet with Grace in a few moments and had
to get back to Paul
about the meeting he asked for. Jim and Judy left Dennis’s office. AN
ALTERNATIVE FOR PAUL
Paul did not show up for work the next two days although he had
made a call and left a
message that he would be out ill. He also followed up with a phone
call during the day to
meet with Dennis. Judy decided after the two days of call outs from
Paul, to meet with
General Counsel and asked that a release agreement be drawn up
providing Paul with a
severance package of 4 weeks pay if he signs and releases the
company from any action.
General Counsel had no idea why Generations should do this. If the
Supervisor was
ineffective and if he has not shown up for work the past few days then
why not just let
him go? Unless we have some doubts that the stories are true from the