My manager tells me i have HR meeting tomorrow [closed]

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I work at one of the big 5 Canadian banks in technology. My manager told me to come with him to a private room and he tells me I have a HR meeting tomorrow Thursday (payday) at 1pm.

I ask him what it is about and he says he doesn't know. I prodded further and asked "should I be concerned about my job?" And he said my job is not at risk here.

I find it very cryptic and of course very anxious. My last 3 years of performance reviews are of a solid quality.

Also to add, our teams are severely short on staff and just hired 15+ full timers over the last 3 months. Just yesterday our AVP gave a large townhall describing the big pipeline of work coming our way, celebrated our accomplishments and reiterating why we are such a good place to work at.

Any advice? Do I need to prepare financially for termination?

manpreet 2 years ago

It could be literally anything.

• Your boss could be lying and you're getting fired. Unlikely because firings usually happen immediately so you don't have time to prepare.
• You could be being laid off in the near or mid future, or given the opportunity to take severance and leave voluntarily or risk layoffs in the future. That's pretty common
• You could be getting discipline for something. Perhaps you said something you shouldn't have or someone made a complaint about you.
• You could be getting a promotion (or be offered one). You never know.
• You could be being transferred to a different department or location

If I were to make a wild, random guess, I would speculate it's either a transfer of some sort or:

• Someone else is being investigated and you're going to be asked if you saw anything or know anything about it. This sort of thing is very common when a company is being sued