Performance Improvement Plans (PIP)? How to Respond

[@pault9544]

A responsible, dignified employer that knows how to communicate with its employees would not need to write up a PIP. It's just a bureaucratic form of bullying.

[@UniversoSpiritualUnido]

Omg I got one ☹️

[@tercial]

@@UniversoSpiritualUnido how it turned out?

[@selemawit9411]

Perfectly said. Facts.

[@HRShanghai]

Is it really a form of bullying? I got one from my manager. After I defended for myself. She had no choice but withdraw the PIP. All made up accusations.

[@pault9544]

@@HRShanghai it didn't work in my case. I also defended myself and documented proof she was lying. Still got fired. I've considered suing.

[@MrOsasco]

It may happen when the employee works harder and is more experienced than the boss.

[@JohnGrilloJag]

1] Address the facts - if the premise is wrong, the conclusion is likely wrong 2] Address the conclusion 3] Address the process taken 4] Look into the possible and proper motive behind it 5] Insist it be withdrawn and replaced by an different process or investigator 6] Suggest an alternative--that is, different process, a transfer or a severance agreement. Always answer it in writing with respect and BCC yourself, so that there is a record. Also, impersonal. Do not attack people; attack the person. Send it to the top, and have an end solution in mind.

[@majecal1]

i was put on a PIP end of september bc they wanted to distract from disparate treatment and question my medical condition and medications. the supervisor wanted to meet 2 x per week for 30 days and cover 5 topics.. i was not available to care for my medical condition. so he decided to rate me on the last 3 topics the day before he went on vacation..while on vacation the next day, friday..he wrote me an email stating i did not demonstrate or show any improvement. in january i will have been at this telecommunications company offering residential fiber optics to hispanic customers across the nation for 21 yrs..your recommendations are totally on point and extremely helping for what im experiencing right now.. thank you !!!..

[@jasondesignmedia7495]

I was forced to go through the PIP process and was dismissed, it absolutely destroyed my career and years of hard work. Do not fall for the improvement lies you will never improve enough, it is about gathering evidence to fire you. In my personal opinion, you have two options to get a job elsewhere and leave before you are sacked or find valid evidence to quit and claim constructive dismissal.

[@HRShanghai]

I got one after an informal meeting. Then I was asked to sign this form. Luckily I requested to read the document and found out it was PIP. I nearly tricked to sign this form. My manager withdrew it eventually.

[@SuperAwesomeSandwich]

This is the best advice.

[@bobpollack6894]

If you are getting negative PIP notices , and you have a boss that is trying to get rid off you, then it is time to go. Your upper management is not going to help,the union if applicable is not going to helps it is time leave. The issue is not worth the stress, and the boss is not worth the time.

[@savemymusic0]

@ bob pollack I totally agree!

[@astarisborn9820]

Totally agree!

[@iconoclast281]

I was placed in a PIP for 6 weeks and then dismissed soon after...

[@tercial]

I got put on a PIP for like a week and a half lol

[@iconoclast281]

@@tercial lol, did you successfully complete the PIP or did you find it completely unreasonable?

[@tercial]

@@iconoclast281 I have one more day being tomorrow. Not going to lie I feel this is an exaggerated response and right now I'm pretty much literally creating and brainstorming ways to be "useful" to my team members as a Project manager.

[@iconoclast281]

@@tercial well all the best and whatever the outcome is, may it be in your favor in the long run. I personally do not wish for anyone to experience what I went through.

[@tercial]

@@iconoclast281 yeah man this caught me off guard first time this happened to me and I'm not sure exactly what to do. Got to leave it up to God.

[@felix64able]

People for the most part are good and honest, if that were not the case we'd be hearing way more cases of "going postal"

[@gamecadence2617]

Welcome to the world of robots. I found the largest security breach of my company that would blow your mind. I brought the security breach to my supervisor that has now moved on. The person responsible for that was once my co-worker but is now my supervisor. Guess who gave me a PIP. Yep. I suspect you guessed correctly.

[@gamecadence2617]

So in conclusion. Don't report a security breach if you are a programmer. It will only jeopardize your job.

[@fcosta94]

if you feel the PIP was unfair, show how you can uphold the terms and conditions of the PIP and how you can succeed at them. If the manager puts an employee on an unfair PIP and lets go of them, eventually the manager will pay the consequences. What made the manager put an employee on a PIP and then fire them came from the director asking the manager about failures in their team. The manager will then throw an employee under the bus. Once the employee is replaced, if the team continues to fail - the director will ask the manager again why the team failed again. Then the manager will have a harder time to explain the failures. Unfortunately, bad managers can get away with bad actions but hopefully the employee that was let go had the chance to find a better job and perform well with a better manager.

[@bella8145-d9z]

I was placed on PIP for 3 month..my manager always want to get rid of me..after the end of PIP I was asked to resign rather than being terminated..so I have to give two month notice and already finish one month from two month notice and didn't get any offer yet..

[@violetta6280]

I signed one of these pips today very reluctantly because it was mostly bullshit. They used a one of incident where I didn’t complete 2 month end tasks because I was 1) working on my own. 2) was way too busy. Most part of my job is customer service so it’s not like I can’t answer the phone or close the door to customers. I even worked through my lunch break and worked back with no pay to still not have the time to complete these tasks. I did tell them this they just looked at me with dumb faces. You think a conversation about that would suffice rather than issuing a PIP. I know they will continue to find ways to get rid of me. They don’t see my worth at all. I’m looking for another job but it might take time to find one. I’m wondering if there’s something I can do after signing the PIP. Like would an email mentioning how it was a one of incident help. Probably not now. This company I work for are absolutely unorganised and out of touch. Head office take no responsibility in some areas. I can pick out a lot of things to them about how they are not doing a good job.

[@akanbarman8300]

will I get releasing letter if i don't complete my pip and resign

[@kaziahmed8549]

If I am showing on improvement of PIP, but my boss is not happy. what should I need to do?

[@farookmohamed7750]

You are great sir

[@callmeishmaelk767]

7, you're getting a lawyer involved. That will scare the shit out of them.

[@barbaravyse660]

Just the mention of a lawyer can work in your favor

[@RedPandas3111]

Refusing to sign a pip

[@jimbojimbo6873]

PIPs are used to fire you, the decision to let you go is made prior to enforcing a PIP. You’re better off quitting and saying your father was sick and you needed to take care of him than seeing your PIP through to the end and getting fired

[@SuperAwesomeSandwich]

What is the objective here? Convince an employee to stay at a company that clearly wants them gone? The better advice is recognize the PIP for what it is, and advise the recipient on how to maximize their payout and read the writing on the wall. A PIP is a death sentence almost 90% of the time.

[@leylamamat215]

My sister in law was terminated using pip

[@leylamamat215]

She did every thing u said..but..once the employer intention to get rid of her..nothing works

[@lalashoperqqq2898]

Maria Dona did they make up deficiencies within your PIP?

[@sl4983]

Maria, same situation here. They put a bunch of wording that makes it difficult for someone to pinpoint the exaggeration or lying, and it looks like it is well founded, but it IS NOT.

[@andrewh2u]

Its just a paper trail to cover the ash of company HR if the victim makes any legal claim when fired. Act accordingly.

[@peterghai2466]

True

[@astarisborn9820]

💯!

[@tracychen2493]

🙏🙏🙏

[@gerrom12]

I want to fire him from making more of these boring videos.

[@savemymusic0]

@ gerrom If it’s boring you always have an option not to watch...

[@manishvsg]

This information is valuable in people in need. There is hardly anyone providing credible information.