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    Default Loss Prevention Productivity Evaluations

    My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: United States Government
    Hello, I need help. I work in Loss Prevention. I am practically managing a Loss Prevention program without a management position. My productivity is measured on the number of shoplifters and employee thefts I catch. The problem is, my bosses assign me a lot of administrative tasks. I am overseeing almost 20 stores, and I deal with thefts, safety, and internal control issues, organizing community events, doing price controls, and assisting managers. My boss calls me constantly to get tasks done. His boss has been dogging me to get my productivity up and threatened to cut my hours if productivity goal is not met by year end.

    Last year I was rated negatively. I feel I have been set up by my boss to look bad then set up by the other boss to be written negatively. Since the negative write up the other boss made a communications that the "productivity goal" was not achieved, and has been mentioning something to me on a monthly basis. In the past I have even been written negatively when I have met the goal. Is this not some form of harassment? I also feel if I mention something then the bosses will really start bullying and setting me up for sure. I need legal advise on how to handle this situation properly and prove the injustice of it. I would also like to prove that my productivity cannot be measured based on theft statistics alone since the program encompasses so much administrative. I would also like a management title when I am managing the area. I need legal groundwork to stand on. I am hoping to find some advice here and am asking to be pointed in the right direction.

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    Default Re: Loss Prevention Productivity Issue

    You are employed by the US government at what sounds like a retail store, or chain of stores? Seriously?

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    Default Re: Loss Prevention Productivity Issue

    That's the changing world of LP for ya which, incidentally, has nothing to do with the US government. I have seen, as a LP professional, the shift more towards admin over the past few years. Just the way things are. Legally, absent a binding contract spelling out your exact duties, they may have you scrub toilets if they feel like it. If I were you, based on what I've seen happen to others, I'd start looking for another employer. Many are headed the same way but you might find one that is more to your liking. But be aware that the days of LP doing nothing but catching bad guys are going, or gone for some, and may not be back for a while..if at all.

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    Default Re: Loss Prevention Productivity Issue

    I would also like a management title when I am managing the area. There are no laws anywhere in the US addressing titles. Your employer can give you (or not give you) any title they care to. They can call you Elvis or the Grand Banana if they want to; it's not up to you. There are also no laws anywhere in the US addressing performance reviews.

    Is this not some form of harassment? Legally? Not even close.

    I need legal groundwork to stand on. If you are looking for a law that says it's illegal to give you additional tasks and then rate you negatively, or even one that says you can't be given a poor rating if you have met the goal, I'm sorry but you are SOL.

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    Default Re: Loss Prevention Productivity Issue

    Quote Quoting free9man
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    That's the changing world of LP for ya which, incidentally, has nothing to do with the US government. I have seen, as a LP professional, the shift more towards admin over the past few years. Just the way things are. Legally, absent a binding contract spelling out your exact duties, they may have you scrub toilets if they feel like it. If I were you, based on what I've seen happen to others, I'd start looking for another employer. Many are headed the same way but you might find one that is more to your liking. But be aware that the days of LP doing nothing but catching bad guys are going, or gone for some, and may not be back for a while..if at all.
    actually, there is a point possibly to me made if the employer is the US government. The rules in gov employment can be very different but a generic "US Government" doesn't cut it.

    but everything the OP lists doesn't sound like any gov job I have ever heard of.

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    Default Re: Loss Prevention Productivity Issue

    Sounds like he works overseeing the commissary or stores in base..

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    Default Re: Loss Prevention Productivity Issue

    Yeah, I forgot about good ole AAFES and friends. That's a big base to have 20 stores. I'm used to the little baby bases that only have a commissary and PX, maybe a shopette. I guess maybe he could be working a couple bases in the sames geographic region, that would stink.

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    Default Re: Loss Prevention Productivity Issue

    Hi all. Thanks for the input. Yes it is a NAF job. I know employment laws for govt are different than civilian employment law. I need legal advice in that direction.

    But be aware that the days of LP doing nothing but catching bad guys are going, or gone for some, and may not be back for a while..if at all.
    Exactly my point. How can I be rated negatively and threatened disciplinary action for not catching "bad guys" when the job has changed to admin?

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    Default Re: Loss Prevention Productivity Issue

    He needs to parlay his position into a job where his skills are appreciated, before he is terminated.

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