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Whats a PIP?

• OkGoDoIt 7y ago
  Professional 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 ago
      In 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 ago
    It's "performance improvement plan".
  • Spoom 7y ago
    It'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.