My husband is a civil engineer. He started a new job in January. He just had a 90-day check-in meeting and was let go bc because he "wasn't productive enough". My husband responded that he wasn't given projects to be productive. His mgr said "the door is always open" and that my husband should have asked for projects. While there, they never had regular project meetings to discuss project progress. Shouldn't the mgr be the one to initiate the meetings, especially since they know the pipeline?

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It sucks that your husband was let go, but this seems like his manager is a bad manager. Most companies share expectations and give assignments especially during the beginning. They also set up regular check-ins etc. It’s possible that the company may be in bad shape and that was an excuse to cut costs.

The manager should initiate check-ins but the employee from the managers eyes should always be working on something. In this situation it seems like a company issue but in the future just take the extra time to be proactive.

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In this economy you have to be paranoid and check in.

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Not his fault but it’s really stupid out there right now

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