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[–] teejay@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (12 children)

From the employee's perspective, it's basically an amount of time for you to find a new job while still on the payroll at your current company. There are exceptions, but generally speaking you either won't survive the PIP, or you will but you'll be at the top of the list during the next layoffs. And even if you somehow survive all of that, you're not looking at good raises and career advancement anymore at that company.

So use it as a runway to the next job and move on.

[–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Eh, I was on a pip and was promoted during it.

It helps if you're actually valuable to the company (knowledge wise).

[–] jungle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

How come? That doesn't make any sense at all.

If you were on a PIP, your performance was below expectations for your current level. To be promoted your performance needs to be consistently at the next level.

What kind of company was it that contradicted itself so completely?

[–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not necessarily. My skill set made me the right choice for the new position. It was more of a job title change than anything.

I do suspect that my boss never submitted the pip to HR, though. He never submitted any of the other 'disciplinary actions' he performed over the 7 years I worked for him.

[–] wazoobonkerbrain@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So you weren't on PIP and you didn't get promoted.

[–] teejay@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Your comment made me laugh out loud. That was well done.

I went from a admin to Sr engineer, so it was a promotion, but I was really doing the job of engineer before the promotion.

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