PIP is use by those Terrible Leader trying to get an employee out from the company.

Spying on me 😂

Negotiate severance or quit on the spot. Don’t accept a pip.

I was recently put on a PIP... telling me to stop having a physical disability and stop using ADA accommodations. These have no impact on my performance; which has been stellar for 2+ years... till 3 weeks ago our department got moved under a new boss! What do I say while interviewing? "I realize crippled people are disgusting and civil rights bum you out, but science and medicine can only do so much; and if I stopped having a six-figure job i wouldn't be able to afford my medical care & would stop being valuable to my family and friends, so i'm continuing to work?"

How do you explain to the next company that you were terminated because of performance? Is there a way to hide it?

Thank you. Pretty consistent with my thoughts but we’ll presented. Appreciate your insights and delivery.

If you find yourself on a PIP, look for a new job. Sage advice. I worked for a terrible company years ago and I resigned the day after the PIP meeting. I was told by a director who saw it that there was no way to meet it and in fact it was unreasonable. She tried to intervene and was shot down. I hated it there anyway. As a supervisor, today I notified someone I am putting them on a PIP. I have tried talking to this employee, I have given less than stellar reviews and offered feedback to improve. They have literally screamed at me for trying to schedule meetings with them. Today we met with my boss and boss’s boss. This employee was so negative and got caught in so many lies. I tried all the approaches you offer here and it’s been negativity and lies for months. I finally told my boss that I was looking for a new job because I am exhausted from battling this employee. That was when we got a meeting and I was granted a PIP for them. I don’t know what else to do. They refuse coaching. They ignore feedback. They lie. Their coworkers are exhausted. My boss and the two bosses above her are trying to retain me but this employee has just worn me down. I am the third supervisor this person has chased out. Maybe it is the company because they knew the employee was a problem and just let it go. I told HR that I do not want to fire this person, maybe they need to transfer to a role they will like. I don’t want to ruin their career. I want to save my department from this person’s rage and unhappiness at work.

Thank you for this!!

I was working at a large company and they did a layoff where they had to notify the company due to the number of employees. They told everyone they would not lay anymore employees off. Instead what they did was to give PIPs. I got one and my work load was tripled. I met all required work for each meeting but it was never recognized. In that it was not possible for me to do what they were ultimately asking for I put together a document showing what needed to be done and why it was not possible. I gave it to HR and it was ignored. However, the unemployment department did see it. They told me that if I had not created that document I would not have received unemployment benefits. From it they could understand my job. If you get a PIP just leave because that is what they actually want. They put me on that PIP to actually just reduce staff. When the security guard walked me out he told me that he could understand firing someone but he had walked one person out from each department that day. I'm grateful he told me that because I fully understood the release was not related to my performance. The year before I got a good review and there was no warning. I met a Dentist who said he went to a conference where they were teaching to use PIPs to reduce staff.

I just went under a PIP, been with the company for 20 years, I transferred in a position a little over a year ago under a leader who I felt from the beginning was someone who didn’t want me there. Honesty I been wanting to ask to step down to get a way from that area a while back but never did. I mentioned it during the PIP and they say they will get back to me, but never have. I send emails every single day of what I do, what I am working on etc.. and got no response from any of them. My boss told me “everyone feels that you are just taking up space’. After all this time for being at this company I feel betrayed and beyond hurt. They dont owe me anything , I get that, but I would think I would deserve a bit more then to be treated that way.

Hey! I'd love to get in contact with you, where can I best reach you?