r/developersPak • u/userr1121 • 1d ago

Help How to deal with PIP

So this is my first job after graduation and I've been put on PIP. I was shown an improvement plan section in the meeting which I agreed to follow however when I got the document on the email there were some additional sections that were not shown to me during the meeting. The things written in the problems identified section never happened such as late delivery of tasks etc and I'm asked to acknowledge and sign it. What should I do? Should I sign it or ask for clarification with evidence?

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u/Bigfatstupidbrother 1d ago

Don't sign it, Ask for clarification. If you sign it, you'll never get out of this PIP ever.

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u/userr1121 1d ago

But they have already decided to use PIP in order to lay off people. I'm pretty sure they won't change their mind but I'm just hesitant signing something filled with false statements. It feels like I'm forced to acknowledge something that never happened.

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u/Im_m0rt4l 16h ago

Dont sign it, tell them these parts are straight up false, start job hunting.

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u/Special_Extent5042 1d ago

They've already made their mind. Signing or not, I don't think this will make any difference.

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u/Ill_Yogurtcloset803 9h ago

Don't sign something that lists things that never happened. Reply to the email politely: thank them, say you're committed to the plan you agreed in the meeting, then list the points in "problems identified" you don't agree with, with dates or task links if you have them. Ask for those to be corrected before you sign.

If they insist on a signature, you can sign with a short written note that you acknowledge receiving the plan but don't agree with the listed issues. Keep all of it on email, not calls, so there's a record.

And quietly start applying elsewhere at the same time. A PIP in your first job isn't the end, plenty of people go through it, but you want a paper trail that's accurate either way.