These days, it's used as a tool to get rid of some of the best people. It's sad when no matter how hard you work and how much knowledge and know-how you bring to the table you can't be certain that they won't find a way to mark you as a poor performer and put you on PIP. I miss the good old days, I ain't gonna lie.
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I hated forced ranking and the annual "Pass the PIP" charade. My organizations were high performing and exceeding goals but still had to sacrifice warm bodies to the 9 Block altar. It was really hard to stand up in front of hundreds of people and present awesome results knowing that 6% were going into the outer elbow. Pro tip for Honeywell up and comers - never take a P&L job. Bury yourself in a function. That will give you an extra layer of protection
I know of a senior field service engineer who was given a PIP recently. He has been working for Honeywell for the past 3 decades, contributed tremendously for a lot of projects in ASEAN. I think the higher management probably just want to get rid of him, so that they can continue to hire young and inexperienced engineers. Go figure with all the savings.
I got Pipd when I complained to management about the Piping.
I once suggested to a Leader that we set 9 block ratings the same way we staff projects. Random draw. Twice a year we should gather with the site leader drawing ping pong ba--s from a fish tank.
Man, I've been trying so hard to get PIP'd and laid off. But people keep leaving. I'm now a productive worker because all of the best workers have left and I'm the best of what's left. Blasted Honeywell. Lay me OFF! Oh, and give me my severance.
PIP system came from GE when they were trying to buy us. GE believed in laying of what they considered the bottom 10 percent so they could bring in new blood to try to upgrade their workforce.
The bootlicker and the bobblehead are the model employees in today's world -- no threat to expose the incompetence and corruption at the executive level.
Small sample size but I would guess up to 50% of PIPs have nothing to do with a person's performance.
Im sure whichever HR clown came up with it was given many stock options, retention bonuses and stands up and claps like a trained seal at all hands...
PIP quotas are pure evil. A thousand curses to all who believe and support them.