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> I was placed on a dubious performance improvement plan, or PIP, a signal at Amazon that your employment is at risk. Ah, the PIP. Shorthand for "we're going t
by amyjess 11y ago
> I was placed on a dubious performance improvement plan, or PIP, a signal at Amazon that your employment is at risk.
Ah, the PIP. Shorthand for "we're going to get rid of you because of office politics, but only after we humiliate you and make you feel like a horrible person".
- atopuzov 11y agoYup, but all the cool kids are/were on PIP ;-)
- cpeterso 11y agoThe PIP also encourages the employee to resign instead of waiting to be fired, minimizing employer risk of wrongful termination lawsuits or having to pay severance. In the author's case, she resigned; the PIP was a success for Amazon.
- notNow 11y agoAmazon's Room 101, very neat Bozos indeed. I must say that I admire this guy's "ingenuity" and psy ops he subjects employees to to make them conform and yield at their job.