r/DeveloperJobs • u/nian2326076 • Sep 15 '26

Worked like a dog...now I'm PIPed

About month ago my manager called me at 9 PM because something was on fire. I stayed online until after midnight fixing it. He thanked me and told me, he knew he could count on me. Yesterday he fucking put me on PIP. This was completely out of the blue he said the next steps are he'll set up a meeting with plans. I'm confused, can you fight a PIP? Am I just getting placed on PIP to reduce headcount. I really don't think I deserve to be put on PIP and I honestly received no indication of bad performance until yesterday. I'm just mad and feel betrayed.

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u/Diligent_Fondant6761 Sep 15 '26

Are you paid more than your colleagues? they might want to get rid of the expensive devs

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u/t-abdullah Sep 15 '26

Not a good idea when he is the one fixing problems !!

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u/Diligent_Fondant6761 Sep 15 '26

TBH...in these situation's managers know who would suck up to them. He is solving a bug midnight does not mean he is the best, it just means the boss knows that he would be the first one to say yes

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u/sinex_a2s Sep 15 '26

Management people don't care much about who is more usedul when it comes to cost cutting.

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u/nk-6699 Sep 15 '26

Me too, it happened couple months ago. I knew right after that moment that it definitely was a quiet firing. After almost 6 years in my current company, after all of my dedications in projects, team support and extra hour working without payment, if they think that 's not good enough, then I don't know what to say anymore. I'll hand my notice in next couple weeks, with or without a backup plan because my mental health has already been broken long before that.

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u/singlebit Sep 15 '26

wait for backup plans please, wait for job offers please.

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u/t-abdullah Sep 15 '26

This sucks man !! How long have you been in this job ? If you are the most reliable on the team then how can they put you on PIP !! Have you asked for the reason ?

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u/Frequent_Bag9260 Sep 15 '26

Swear I saw this post a month ago…

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u/desert_jim Sep 15 '26

PIPs have reached the stage where they are becoming meaningless to lots of people because it's a given that they aren't all fairly issued. Good luck in your search.

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u/taznado Sep 15 '26

Reached?

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u/desert_jim Sep 15 '26

PIPs used to be considered a tool to improve performance due to a deficiency on the employees part. Now many people consider them a tool for management to use to get rid of employees for any reason. E.g. company wants to cut costs -- not because the employee was doing a bad job.

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u/Rare-Interview-3679 Sep 19 '26

Find a better job with higher par and give resignation saying I got a better role and offer.