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发帖数: 8 | 1 PIP is a Performance Improvement Plan. It's not a Google thing, these things
are common in corporate America.
The employee is asked to sign a document that admits they are
underperforming, with the promise that they can turn the situation around
through their own efforts. In practice, the PIP is used to provide an
evidence trail to fire someone.
PIP is not the same thing as being laid off. In a layoff, you sometimes can
get your boss to sign a letter that states this was NOT termination due to
poor performance.
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发帖数: 8 | 2 Actually, in my experience with a PIP, it doesn't threaten you'll be fired
today.
It's emotional blackmail. I was told, in black and white, that I sucked and
I was holding everyone back. For anyone with any self-doubt or need for
social approval, a statement like that will feel like a ton of bricks. But
then they offer a path to redemption: sign a document, then complete these
tasks, and all will be well again. Since I have a programmer's ego I feel I
can code my way out of any situation. So I signed.
And I did so knowing full well that I was doing something against my
interests. But oddly, at the time, that didn't matter as much to me as
redeeming myself in other people's eyes.
If this ever happens to you, the thing to recognize is that at that moment,
the company is no longer your friend (if it ever was) and from now on, every
dealing with you is probably going to be backhanded. Loyalty and pride in
accomplishment are suddenly bad traits for you to indulge in.
The best option may be to sign and slack off while you job-hunt. Or, if you
are quick to realize that there is no way out, to offer to go away, in
exchange for a decent amount of severance.
Either way, I was foolish to sign without getting a lawyer to examine the
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