Stand fast and be strong. While it may take an act of congress (or God) to remove you from your current position, a performance rating below successful is not good for your long-term career as a federal employee and should be corrected if you were unfairly rated.
If your performance was truly underrated and your boss actually has it out for you, she demonstrated a lack of management savvy. Federal managers who know best how to work the system understand that there are two easy ways to shed an employee. Promote them, or rate them highly and make their lives miserable so they want and are able to leave for another job.
Chances are, if your boss really wanted you gone, she would have rated you higher so you could hightail it out of there in a hurry. But she didn't. This means she is likely attempting to discipline you for something. If you haven't been told what it is you've done wrong, you can fight her on it.
I'm glad you took my advice, and hopefully you have been taking copious notes and documenting everything. You will have to use these facts to present your case as you proceed with the long and bureaucratic process of seeking relief.
If you feel that this issue stemmed from a racial, gender, sexual preference and/or creed bias, you should solicit the assistance of the Equal Employment Office (EEO). If you can be represented by the union, all the better. They can provide legal and financial assistance as you march forward.
If you have no reason to suspect a motivating bias, you are on your own. Don't expect anyone to be a friend to you who is involved in your grievance, including the Human Resources Department that will be assisting you and your supervisor along the way.
Each Agency's process for filing a grievance differs slightly but the overall approach is the same.
Be aware that time is not on your side, and typically the grievance must be signed, dated, and presented in writing within 15 calendar days of the date you were notified of the rating. So get going! Although you have a number of rights, this system does not necessarily favor the employee.
Generally, a formal grievance must include:
The grievance must be submitted to the appropriate leadership within your organization.
This is the first step in a long process of fighting the rating. This step grants management the ability to fix the rating before you start making their lives miserable by filing more paperwork. Experience has taught me that when dealing with irrational leadership, they most likely will not take the path of least resistance and will sustain the poor rating.
Keep OhMyGov! informed of your progress on the issue. If your management sustains the rating, Bureau Pat will continue to provide advice on navigating you through the subsequent steps in the process.
With persistence, you can make things right. If not, air the dirty laundry about your boss confidentially with us.
penelope, hates wife, gave odysseus the scarf to protect him from zeus
The British Board of Film Classification gave it an 18 rating.
It gave the Germans an unfair advantage.
He gave it to Declan Boss.
HE HATES CHIHUAHUAS! I GAVE HIM ONE AND HE THREW IT AWAY!
You Were Wem U Gave Me Head!
The rating of course changes all the time in small amounts but right now, as of September first, 2011 the rating that "Trip Adviser" gave me had a rating of 3.5 stars.
Julius was an unfair leader and gave him lots of privledges and none to anyone else
He doesn't. He gave man choice and sometimes man makes the wrong choices.
he started many protests and gave many speeches.
Martin Luther King Jr. gave this famous speech to protest against unfair treatment of African Americans. People have given this speech the name "I Have a Dream".
because he is depressed and hates life. oh and YOU gave him drugs so he is adicted to them.