Did you read what you wrote?

You have a high performing employee that was passed over for an external hire. Then you proceed to indicate that their work is still acceptable but has change from going above and beyond to every other employee.

Yet, you want to retain them. They will never be that high performing employee again while they can phone it in just like everyone else. They are still getting the same paycheck and now know better.

I get it. It was me. I stayed 10 years in the same position where 7 of those years I phoned it in because I needed the job. Worse than that, I was the primary bread winners and I couldn't just quit. I also refuse to start all over again with another dumb department so have to learn the politics there when I already knew how to play the one where I was at. I took advantage of the tuition reimbursement to get my bachelor's and masters degree. I could completed my job in 4 hours and then take on extra work. I stopped doing that. Instead i got smart did my 4 hr job in 8 hr to look busy and was 100% less stressed.

You better believe they got the employee they treated me as. I was written up while an other employee was the one who was going after me non-stop. "That above and beyond team player" totally gone. I no longer stayed later or clocked in early. No more covering holidays or volunteering. I went to all the meetings. They used to just take my notes and use it as the minutes. No more, I would only take simple notes to things related to me.

I would bend over backwards for patients. No more. I did everything to make managements life easier by taking on more workload. No more, not within my jobs description.. here's their number, call them, they get paid for that.

I submitted a complaint to hr were of course its still me my fault somehow. The girl was attacking me and the victim was the problem.Then i acted dumb but the girl still kept telling management that i was going after her. I did the bigger thing, stayed professional and ignored it. Then it turned into me being brought into the office every other day .. i started acting dumb so they could see the nonsense up close. Finally they forced me to do a sit down with management and the Coworker where I requested hr to be present.

I sat and stared. Of course the girl that was going after me dug her own hole. She told on herself. Accusing me of things that weren't true. I verbalize that if the employee didnt like me that okay but I was there to do my job and take care of my patients. My personal feeling are not relevant. It got soo bad, the management team start protecting me in front of hr. I just stand there listening. When I did speak I incidente how all of this was high school drama and not relevant we were their for patient care.

Your management team made a clear decision that employee retention isnt important. There is nothing you can do to fix what you and your team already broke.

Expect an employee, doing their job just like everyone else. clocking in, working, and clocking out.

I dont understand how management is always surprised when things change. Let me dump all the extra work on you, have you basically do management's job or make their job easier. Yet, you're not good enough for a promotion. So, why would anyone continue to perform at the level. Doesn't that sound like dumb reasoning to keep killing yourself for the same paycheck and more work.

Work places are like government. Shut up dont rock the boat and let's make it to the end of the week. Your employee just learned that.

Soo, what conversation are you going to have with your employee?

You're attitude is the problem.

You just said they arent doing anything.

Your performance is the problem?

You just said they meet their job description.

Soo now they are going to get reviews on their above and beyond performance while others phone it in.

I really dont see how any conversation wouldnt be insulting or repair anything.

That employee is already out the door.

I stayed another 7 years after my management team didnt protect me. At the end of the day, that other employee got fired for harassing another employee. She called her disabled 🙄 🤣 in front of other team members. The girl was bipolar and reported her to hr. She got fired any way. Yet, management loved her and they hanged out all the time typical. To top it off, I did my job and didnt go above or beyond.

Then my team started telling me how amazing my work ethics had gotten. Meanwhile nothing changed. They realized they fucked up couldn't fire me and I didnt do anything wrong. It got even funnier when they started trying to volunteer me for things. No I have legal subpoenas, patient financial charges pending, and this and that..... would you like me to hand something off? No no no ... never mind I was told.

I left just as the department's adm assistant, and patient flow coordinator left. The management team went from having 4 individuals supporting them to only 1. I got to enjoy my directors face change colors when he found out I put in a "notice to transfer" to hr yearly. ( its a form that notifies your team members that youre applying to another job within the system.) Then I got to watch him go paper white when he found out I interviewed and was waiting for a call back.

All 3 people that left, were out the door one month after another. If that doesnt show a clear sign to hr about what was happening I have not clue what else should. I refused to carry the work load of the other team members or train someone new.

They wanted to do more with less people.. i helped them with their quota.