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I did, but that's largely because the manager who put me on the PIP was himself on a PIP, and was fired before mine was up.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I did, but that's largely because the manager who put me on the PIP was himself on a PIP, and was fired before mine was up.
- 783629gasd 8y agoYou're lucky. A PIP is basically HR creating a paper trail to justify your eventual termination (in case of lawsuits, etc).
- toomuchtodo 8y agoOnce the PIP starts, start asking coworkers you trust if they'll provide a reference and looking for a new gig. Your chances of coming back from a PIP are non-zero, but at the same time exceedingly low. You'll expend less effort moving to another gig with a chance you'll land with a better skilled manager (assuming your manager is the problem, and not you). You might even get a salary/comp bump out of the move. This advice is more valid in our current, exceedingly tight, labor market and less so when unemployment goes up again (be prepared for a longer search, network more aggressively, and have a longer emergency fund runway).
- jopsen 8y agoI wouldn't b surprised if lots of people comes back from a PIP. But I would be surprised if my co-workers were bragging about that time they survived a PIP. ie. it's likely we believe the odds to be low, because it's not something people talk about.
- 783629gasd 8y agoAs a manager, I know for a fact that PIPs are almost never survived in any organization I've ever been in.
- stygiansonic 8y agoWow, that's quite Kafkaesque. Would be interested to know more about this, if you were willing to explain. Nonetheless, glad to hear you survived a PIP.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoThere really isn't much else to the story. I had been at the company longer than that manager, and the person who took over for him liked me. I will also admit that the PIP did point out some attitude problems (I had been getting a bit surly), and so I did genuinely attempt to correct that. It's something I do struggle with at times.