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In 95% of companies PIPs are there as a required step before during someone with no chance that the person can save their job. Hell, I'd bet that a good chunk o
by twunde 8y ago
In 95% of companies PIPs are there as a required step before during someone with no chance that the person can save their job. Hell, I'd bet that a good chunk of companies push them out before the 30 days by ensuring that something bad happens (mystery IT outage, paperwork not filled out properly, etc). I've never seen a person in tech be put on a PIP. They're typically fired, laid off at the first chance or sometimes will wait until the contract is up. Really, if you need to be put on a PIP, you've already made a poor impression on your manager and it would take a miracle to change that impression
- ccajas 8y agoOne question: Does being put on a PIP disqualify you from unemployment benefits if you get fired for not passing the PIP?
- mchannon 8y agoTLDR: No. Unemployment benefits are strictly a function of being let go for cause or not for cause. You might be on a PIP for cause-related reasons (absenteeism, showing up drunk but otherwise contributing), or non-cause-related reasons (the maladroit who took over as your manager got told to he needed to downsize his team). The presence of a "PIP" is unimportant. What is important is the documentary burden employers have to meet to disqualify you for unemployment, which in California can be substantial. Even if they have a really good reason for firing you for cause, you might still get your full unemployment if they deem it less expensive than fighting with you and the state over it.