String rumors circulating that there will be no PIL offered to the unfortunate 8% in the 2021 crosshairs. PIP or GTFO. NOW! And don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Guess the pittance it cost them to give a whopping 3 months of pay to longterm employees last year got spent trying to save King Darren’s behind from those mean Engine #1 people.
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Don’t forget, last summer though only got the PiL if you signed the Separation Agreement and Waiver and Release. I assume there was a reason they wanted that signed and would want it again.
The PIL is a good option for people who think they will be happier some where else. If you want to stay take the PIP. Just know it is hard to change an organization’s perception of your performance. If given clear feedback on what needs to change and you can change it then PIP isn’t a bad option this year. Problem is next year the whole thing starts over. Start thinking of your relationship with EM as a one year contract now. No longer a life career.
PIL is to be offered
I think you should end up in the NSI bucket. How are you this dense?
HR comes out and says PIP passing rate is at 90%, forces a mandatory training on everyone on the benefits of the program and then the following year drop it to wayy less to reduce headcount? No. They are going to use this to spin any outside narrative that this new process and % increase was to reduce headcount. They will argue that the people that took the PIL and left on their own weren't targeted and the plan was also to be 8%.
This is an absurd rumor. For the company, money wise, it makes no difference if once you’re in the NSI you take the PIP or the PIL. If there would be no PIL, you can show up at work for the PIP and just do none of the things that the supervisor puts in the plan. You will obviously flunk the PIP but you still get your three months pay. If there’s one person who deserves to be put in NSI, it’s the OP who can’t think strait (or more likely is an outside troll).
I’m not surprised - last year the 8% reduction was a surprise that many didn’t expect. This year EM expects you to know that another 8% was coming thus they assume you’ve prepped your resume and are ready to leave without pay.
You just don’t get it.
Last year’s MLRP was to reduce head count. Our CEO told investors that. The company looked bad and I assume there are probably a few lawsuits in progress.
This years MLRP is set up to show that the system is really a performance improvement system and that people pass and get promoted all the time. They want you to go through the PIP and pass. It will make the 8% number meaningless because it is not staff reductions but personnel improvement. It helps the company defend lasts year’s staff cuts using MLRP.
For those that NSI you will be told that your group will not be making any cuts. There not going to give you a fews months pay because if you take it, it will reduce the percentage that pass the MLRP. In the past they wanted you to go and it was generally assumed you were never going to move out of the lowest group. Now management needs to pad the stats and show it is a real and thriving personnel improvement program.
No way, if anything they implement this next year? All of our training material said there will be a PIL option.
Probably not and thats because they are most likely targeting the older workers from here on out. If the senior workers didnt save and invest wisely when the gravy train was rolling full speed then that's on them. You can either ride off into the sunset on your own terms or be slaughtered by the rancher when he pleases. Your choice lambs.
There will not be a PIL option this round simply to fulfil the narrative that MLRP / PIP is a tool to help underperforming employees, and not to drive them out.
In truth, it is a way to drive employees out without any compensation. Another slimy example of how this company is managed
No. It’s just another reduction-in-force (RIF) without a severance or waiver & release this time.
If you are less than five years with company then NSI is auto PIP. Depending on headcount targets you may be quite likely or unlikely to pass the PIP.
It is because they don’t want to lose anyone else in some groups with too many resignations. They want to put all on PIP and have them pass the PIP.