Pay raise by way of performance reviews

Last year my buddy at FedEx got sick and His Doctor gave Him a note to stay home for a week. When He went back to work His Manager told Him that He would have 5 sick days in His file,which of coarse affected His performance review and as a consequence He got a very small raise. Is this normal practice that this would count as 5 sick days when the Doctor told Him to stay home? And we all know that its unfair to be penalized by getting little or no raise for being sick, not to mention a myriad of other things can lower your performance review. To make matters worse,its a well know fact that the more money Managers save Fedex by giving their employees bad reviews the bigger the bonus Mangers make, so greedy managers often resort to sneaky tactics to lower performance reviews. How many other companies use this unfair and unethical pay for performance model? P.S. ,maybe you can out with a pamphlet with the best of the ask away forum. Many FedEx employees do not know about this website or don't have access to the internet.

Teamsters Canada Response:

There are many non-union companies that use a merrit based performance model and I have heard the same comments said from many of the FedEx workers that I have talked to.

In closing, I am considering putting out a pamphlet based on the Ask Away Forum.

Thanks for your comments and questions!