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Fun related story. My best friend was given a PIP from his manager. Company wanted him out for political reasons, told him he had to sign, except all of the re
by hsksbr 7y ago
Fun related story.
My best friend was given a PIP from his manager. Company wanted him out for political reasons, told him he had to sign, except all of the reasons in the PIP were fabricated.
He stapled a page to the back before turning it in saying that he disagrees, but is required to sign, and thus wishes to comply with the requirement to sign.
They fired him immediately for refusing to remove the extra page, tried to deny him unemployment benefits saying that he chose to quit by not signing. The case went to unemployment court and he won. He got all his benefits, company had to pay a huge fine.
- freedrock87 7y agoWhats a PIP?
- OkGoDoIt 7y agoProfessional improvement plan. Basically when a large company wants to fire you they often put you on a PIP first which specifies areas where you are underperforming and metrics for improvement and a timeframe where you have to demonstrate improvement. In practice it’s often just the first step in the firing process to cover HR and document everything. So if the friend took issue with the claims being made in the PIP about underperformance, it makes sense that he wouldn’t want to sign it as-is.
- Aeolun 7y ago> Basically when a large company wants to fire you they often put you on a PIP first In most countries I am aware of it is a requirement for being able to fire someone.
- x0x0 7y agoIn the US it highly likely means you're getting fired and they're now documenting reasons. Well, "reasons". The reasons don't need to be accurate; they just need to be not provably inaccurate and to be well documented.
- antonvs 7y agoIt's "performance improvement plan".
- Spoom 7y agoIt's mostly so they can later say that you were fired "for cause" so they can e.g. fight unemployment compensation. It's also a legal defense to a claim of unfair dismissal.
- Forge36 7y agoCase details? I'd like to reference this
- hsksbr 7y agoLol lemme ask him if he has a link to the case number of something. You in a similar position?