In my experience/interpretation, this is code (intended, I suspect -- but it could be otherwise) for "start looking".
P.S. I don't have a management/HR perspective on this, but I also suspect it may be part of laying a formal paper trail and documentation for a subsequent layoff or termination.
If they can document an inability to find you / your role work, this lends credibility to their decision to to terminate. Their communication of this to you becomes part of the record.
P.P.S. It may also be considered, on the part of management, as a kindness. Rather than terminating you immediately, they are giving you... a "nudge" to start looking while you are still employed.
(Of course, should you find something else, this would also save them from a possible claim for unemployment insurance -- said claims having an effect on the amount of the premium they pay for that insurance, as I understand it.)
"here's a bunch of problems we have with your work... oh, and we're having trouble finding you hours..." I think your analysis is correct.
It seems like OP just makes much more complicated solutions than necessary. I've had coworkers that would spend two days developing some fancy solution using all kind of complicated algorithms and technologies that honestly just didn't NEED that level of engineering (and no real benefit was seen from doing it). While a more robust solution is TECHNICALLY better, the overhead it costs really doesn't account for that in many cases.
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> having a hard time finding me hours
In my experience/interpretation, this is code (intended, I suspect -- but it could be otherwise) for "start looking".
P.S. I don't have a management/HR perspective on this, but I also suspect it may be part of laying a formal paper trail and documentation for a subsequent layoff or termination.
If they can document an inability to find you / your role work, this lends credibility to their decision to to terminate. Their communication of this to you becomes part of the record.
P.P.S. It may also be considered, on the part of management, as a kindness. Rather than terminating you immediately, they are giving you... a "nudge" to start looking while you are still employed.
(Of course, should you find something else, this would also save them from a possible claim for unemployment insurance -- said claims having an effect on the amount of the premium they pay for that insurance, as I understand it.)
"here's a bunch of problems we have with your work... oh, and we're having trouble finding you hours..." I think your analysis is correct.
It seems like OP just makes much more complicated solutions than necessary. I've had coworkers that would spend two days developing some fancy solution using all kind of complicated algorithms and technologies that honestly just didn't NEED that level of engineering (and no real benefit was seen from doing it). While a more robust solution is TECHNICALLY better, the overhead it costs really doesn't account for that in many cases.