Long story, but it's now clear to me that my manager has been trying to get me to leave or get rid of me for at least 2+ years.
He'd give me confusing or conflicting instructions, then last year claimed low performance (below expectations) and put me on a fake (not in good faith) unofficial (not through HR) performance improvement plan. When I started realizing what was happening, I requested accommodations based on my autism spectrum diagnosis from 6 years ago (they don't know the official diagnosis or when I was first diagnosed). From a list of accommodations, they only approved recordings of meetings. During the evaluation period (results not yet released), it was clear he was pushing a narrative of not meeting expectations that didn't match the facts.
I told HR the accommodations weren't enough, that expectations were changing after the fact (I have proof), and that we needed to revisit the original accommodations — specifically the definition of done.
HR had the audacity (or maybe was just following orders) to tell me that definition of done is my responsibility, and showed me a job description I had never seen before. I then found out the job description was written after my accommodation was approved.
I sent them a response citing that this request is a standard supervisory method adjustment, and flagged that the job description they shared was written after the accommodation.
I'm still waiting for the official evaluation results and response about the accomodations. I know it will be below expectations again. The only question is what they want to do.
Meanwhile, my colleague/team leader is now my manager, and the boss who's trying to fire me is his boss. The boss is also going back to Japan in September (we work for a Japanese subsidiary in the US).
Now everything makes sense. I couldn't understand what he wanted all this time because there was nothing to understand — every time it would be something else. Otherwise he'd appear completely normal, but he'd exclude me from things or deliberately offer opportunities to my colleagues in front of me.
I know how this sounds, but I'm very sure now. It took me a while, but it's super clear.
At this point I'm angry, and the only action I'm taking is to stick around, do my job as usual, keep a positive demeanor, and run my replies to HR by my lawyer before sending them.
What would you do? I am 47, I had issues with managers here and there but would be resolved in a matter of weeks at most (they were working in good faith). Any input or comments will be appreciated.