Issues:

James communicates in a non-professional, rude, manner
This unacceptable behavior has been discussed with James before but, the behavior continues.

Facts:

March 1996: People skills were marked "Below Expectations" and discussed on performance annual review.
July 1996: Unprofessional communication with Tom Regalodo. HR department involved because of seriousness of issue.
March 1998: James made an extremely derogatory comment to the team about Judy Kramer in a team meeting; Judy was present. James disagreed with Judy's perception of a process, so he responded with the belittling remark: you have already heard from the payroll expert!, rather than contributing his opinion to the discussion.
March 1998 (same team meeting) James was rude to Carol Pfingston when asked to provide project information. Carol requested project status information. James refused to provide acceptable information. When pressed for an answer he chose to belittle Carol with the comment like: how simple do I have to make this!
Team members in the meeting said James behavior was extreme and unacceptable for a professional.
March 1998: Team member called James, at home, for support. James was so rude and uncooperative progress was impaired. Team member said he would not ask for help from James again.

Impact:

Team members have stated they will not meet with James in one-on-one sessions; therefore, business productivity is impacted.
Team synergy and morale is greatly hindered.
Lack of productive conversations and communication causes project timelines to be impacted.

Expectations:

Professional, supportive communication with co-workers, supervisors, team leaders, or management.

Consequences:

Based on the history of occurrences and since new job duties require more interaction with team members, it is critical that these issues are resolved. If these issues are not resolved, we will evaluate your continuing employment with MRG.

This document will be placed in your permanent personnel file.


Employee Signature: R. James Martin 3/31/98 (3 page statement attached)
Managers Signature: Keenan Wright 5/31/98
Witness' Signature : William Thurlow 3/31/98