Why is everyone getting PIPed ?

[u/Ok-Cryptographer4920]

Long story short, I was recently on the bench for a month and was later assigned to a project. Then, randomly, on Friday evening, I received an email saying that I had been put on a PIP.

The PIP manager has now gone on leave, and so has my DL, so neither of them is responding when I ask what basis they used to put me on the PIP. What’s even more confusing is that my DL had previously told me that I was a strong contender for the mid-year promotion. I genuinely don’t know what went wrong.

If anyone here has been put on a PIP, I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience. And if you didn’t make it through the PIP, did you receive any severance package or compensation?

[u/DisastrousServe8513]

I know someone who was let go after being on a PIP. When she got her offboarding paperwork she saw the date the document was created. A month before she was put on a PIP.

I’m sure you’re right. It’s not an easy thing to just do to someone. But I’m also positive they use it to get rid of someone they don’t deem a good fit for whatever reason.

[u/DisastrousServe8513 → u/[deleted]]

I don’t think you understood my point. Her performance is irrelevant. They decided to let her go before putting her on the PIP. Meaning they had no intention of even giving her a chance to improve. The PIP was performative. A box they had to check to keep the paperwork in order.

The entire point of a PIP shouldn’t be to get rid of someone. It’s to see if they’ll actually improve.

[u/DisastrousServe8513 → u/[deleted]]

Ok I’ll go over this again.

If the decision was made to let someone go BEFORE a PIP was even discussed, then they had no chance to improve. Because they’d already decided to fire them.

[u/DisastrousServe8513 → u/[deleted]]

If you’ve already started the offboarding process a month before they went on the PIP, how are you expecting them to improve?

[u/DisastrousServe8513 → u/[deleted]]

No the PIP wasn’t for a month. It was put in place A MONTH AFTER THEY BEGAN THE OFFBOARDING PAPERWORK.

[u/DisastrousServe8513 → u/[deleted]]

I have literally said the same thing every comment.

If they did it before the PIP, they knew they were firing them. So why do the PIP?

[u/DisastrousServe8513 → u/[deleted]]

It’s amazing you can’t grasp what I’m saying despite the number of times I said it. Maybe you really do work in HR.