I had always been a top performer and got good ratings every year until... I went on maternity leave last year and it has impacted my career big time. I am not able to recover from it even after a year. There was a reorg and I was the only person who knew about this project. I trained the entire team who were moved from different teams including the manager and brought them up to speed. Till the last day of my maternity leave I was working in office till 8 pm for 6 months. There were 2 critical projects I was working on and I really didn’t want them to fail. Both the projects were successful. While I was out, there was another reorg and my reporting manager was changed I returned back after 3 months in June and got my annual review in September under this new manager. To my horror I got the worst review of all times, with barely any hike and bonus. I was depressed for several months and even cursed myself for putting job ahead of my health and my personal life. I still get tears in my eyes when I think of it. I didn’t go to the HR or discuss it with anyone. I have accepted it for being my fault because I worked for 3 months less than others and should not have excepted for higher bonus. I am from India and have seen this kind of discrimination happen all the time to the extent that it feels normal. I just need advice on how to get over it and build back my career. I am no longer as motivated as before and don’t believe things will ever change. On one hand Apple supports programs to bring back women who took break to take care of their kids on another hand they these kind of discriminations have become a common thing.
I would inquire about it.... this doesn’t sound right
I think you should go to HR & not suffer in silence. I certainly agree that this doesn't sound right.
That's terrible advice. What do you think HR will do? Take her side and invite a lawsuit?
It was average
Why do you think you should have an above average review when you were away for 3 months? Unless the other 3 you worked were above average?
The remaining 9 months were by far above average. My team had 5 people of which I trained 4 of them to be able to make any contribution to the project. Meanwhile worked weekends and nights to keep things moving. It took them a while to be able to make any contributions.
Which org?
Isn’t there a “contribution/impact” component to the reviews? Was your contribution documented and recognized and only the bonus component was not commensurate or your contribution/impact was not measured/reflected in the reviews at all?
Talk to HR.
You can take the matter to HR if u feel maternity leave made them to give you a bad rating... every company is sensitive about pregnancy and maternity and there are strict laws around it... most of the companies also let you change teams once you are back from maternity leave
I have heard this from several HR is there to protect the company not the employees
^ This is 100% true. HR is to protect the company. So, the burden is on you to prove that your maternity leave caused the new manager to give you a poor review. HR will back management unless there is evidence that says otherwise.
There is results, team work and innovation. Results and innovation components were screwed.
No offense, but this is just what everyone experiences with bad managers. Lots of people get bad managers and unfair performance reviews. I've been a top performer under one manager and pipped under another manager, the trick is to not bother you because it's just random luck. Don't worry and change managers, you will be fine! Don't take it personal! I've been on 2 pips from FANG!
Wow, just curious about your experience. Did those happen after your maternity leave? How long have you been with the companies that pipped you? How did those turn out?
One was after maternity.leave, the other was at new.company. pips are easy, just depressing. Managers just favor different personalities and skill sets, or there friends, it's all a bit corrupt.
Time for a new job or ask your former manager to take you in or something like that.
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