Hi, everyone. Asking for advice about possible termination from employment.
I am a manager in title but function as an individual contributor in my company. I've missed some KPI's as part of my performance evaluation due to the amount of workload and our team lacking manpower so we had to take on additional tasks. I am now asked to explain why I missed these KPI's and may possibly lead to termination on the grounds of negligence / gross misconduct.
I was under the impression that since I missed these, I was going to be put in a Performance Improvement Plan and not termination. These misses were not due to negligence, it was just that there were so much to do and I had to prioritize which tasks/projects had to be done. When me and my immediate manager talk 1 on 1, the situation was not explained to me that it was this grave since most of our conversations were jovial.
My question is, if I get terminated, would this be illegal termination since I was not given an opportunity for performance improvement? I am pretty sure my immediate manager did not document our 1 on 1's and most of our conversations revolved around which tasks needed to be done at the time, not performance status.
I hope you can share your insights with me for the best course of action. I am at the stage where I have to reply to HR's written notice.