Trending @Cognizant; Bad Rating and No promotion
I received bad rating this year , i wrote mail to my HM and directly state that i am not satisfied with this rating and ask for compensating bad rating with my promotion as i am eligible , and i said promote me or else release me from current project .
is it okay whatever i have done ? and what to do now
Nothing wrong about what you did. But some people in mgmt can be vindictive and they can use their power and authority to make you look bad with negative feedback provided to your next project's mgmt while or after releasing you. If you really wanted the promotion as a compensation, it would have been better to not mention that directly in the email and take that part for face to face or teams meetings. I wouldn't call what you did as unprofessional rather it's direct whereas people would expect indirect language in the name of diplomacy/professionalism. I don't see you have much to lose given that your performance rating was already not fair. All the best for the path forward!
What you have done is very unprofessional. You could have had this conversation verbally. Writing an email goes on record and manager can use it against you and paint you as unprofessional/rude employee. Never do it in the future and be careful especially when writing emails. Understood you are frustrated and don’t want to work in the current project. The professional way to ask for release is have a conversation with your manager on why he has given a bad rating. Share your inputs politely if you disagree and request for a release for your career growth.
@IfUrBadIamUrDad well said 👍
I get your point of putting your pov to the manager professionally than just venting out over mail. A talk is necessary. But we all know THE TALK will have no favourable output. And managers do discriminate. Hell lot they do! Office politics is a real thing. But apart from everything, rarely ratings would change. So better talk and try in future that doesn't happen. It's like either be the very best that no one can point any flaws or be an 🥄
People at senior levels know the consequences of dropping an email, for juniors it might seem "I have given my 100% still I am not recognised". The best way is to talk to the HM and get a release or look outside CTS.
They will simply first release from your project and then release you from the company … just a simple logic … Company doesn’t care about us .. we can be easily replaced with someone else
You’ve done the right thing! Unless you stand up for yourself, people won’t respect your values.
Getting Promotions is not that easy, until they afraid of you in term that if they not give promotion then you will leave job and they loose project, then only they give promotion.
Here in cognizant the problem is once rating is done, nothing can be done.
same happened with me i am handling clients and my HM said he nominated me for promotion and gave me good rating now he gave me 3 rating and regarding promotion he said management will decide
What you did is exactly correct
same, I asked my HM about rating and I am the only handling client now HM said for compensation. they are making employees fool nothing else.
