throwrhpip

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   by throwrhpip 3y ago

   > I'm often confused by folks going to great lengths to "prove" stuff to HR. Why? HR works for the company / manager. In this case, if they had fought unemployment, there was factual and objective evidence against the
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   by throwrhpip 3y ago

   100% - I would have taken a simple "This isn't working out for us. We appreciate your efforts. Today will be your last day." over all this. For insult on injury, they declined severance "as we do not offer severance for
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   by throwrhpip 3y ago

   I learned that the hard way. I should have known better. Far better to consider the PIP your 30 days' notice.
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   by throwrhpip 3y ago

   > I was peripherally involved in a project that was going sideways and I was an easy target. In hindsight, while the reason for me to put “on focus”, I honestly admit was maybe 70% my fault. I could have handled a horrible customer bette
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   by throwrhpip 3y ago

   At least in Washington state, that's not the case. When I was PIPed out of Red Hat and claimed unemployment, benefits were approved. "You or your employer said you were fired. We decided: You were fired, but there was no misconduc
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   by throwrhpip 3y ago

   I was put on a PIP at Red Hat that was quite farcical and very much about personality disconnects between myself and my manager (and made much more annoying by the fact that he had told me before the PIP that multiple other managers had let