I was offered a position with near-enough 100k per quarter. With amazon, a quarter is the financial decision making resolution. And, mine was a manager positi

I was offered a position with near-enough 100k per quarter. With amazon, a quarter is the financial decision making resolution. And, mine was a manager position. So, yes, I did start to learn about this pip nonsense, and was asked to identify the low performers from a team that I inherited. The team was full of bright, diligent, capable workers making real impact on our project. It was foolish. But it happens. You legally need precedent to fire someone. Nowadays you even legally need precedent to not give someone the average raise. This kind of "precedent caching" is a natural outcome of a tightening budget and a desire to filter through workers to find the best of the best. I hate it. I'll never manage again.