I got PIP'd (documented progress)

I think there is some trimming going to happen at Apple. I was doing good at my job, and my manager spoke to me about Performance Improvement Plan (with a timer on my head).

I am not sure how many of you folks in Software Tech roles have gone through this process. I could use a little help to understand what this means? And how best to handle it.

I am told I will be given a project, that I need to show documented progress. If my work doesn't meet some standards - I will be let go. How many folks have really come out of this situation. It's quite frustrating to deal with this.

Should I try to do that project, and hope things will get better? OR should I simply start looking outside. I know I will be able to show progress, because some of my past projects had some people communication troubles & goal setting issues. It was not a true measure of my skillsets, but more a measure of "getting things done on time & planning better".

How do you folks deal with this? Please provide suggestions. Really stressing atm.

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If you are protected class a woman, minority, disability, veteran, lgbtq, whistleblower you tell then you are being discriminated against and you don't appreciate the harassment. You send your manager, hr rep, and let it rip

If you get on a PIP you will be fired regardless of how you do. NEVER SIGN A PIP PERIOD. You demand they give you a severance that include money and benefits over a PIP. If necessary get an employment lawyer to send them a demand letter to negotiate severance. Of you don't listen to what I say you will be destroyed.

Leave the company. They are taking advantage of you. If you had the option of taking a severance versus taking the PIP, take the severance even if you don't have a job. If you take the PIP, you are admitting on paper that you are a slave and a bootlicker.

This happened to me. I was the tech lead on a project, things were going well, but was PIPd. I left even though my manager and skip manager insisted that I stay. They were willing to give me more time to reconsider, but HR said no because that would prove this entire PIP is BS.

Not to scare you. In the first place a manager would never would want to take this route, there is ton of work and documentation involved in PIP, which no one wants to deal with.

But after person is put on PIP, you have up to 90 days generally and most cases its end game. But atleast you have 90 days to find another job, as long as you don’t cause much trouble in the environment or management and just deliver bare minimal and focus on finding another job, that would be best bet.

Spend your time looking for a new job. You will always have a target on your back even if you succeed at the project during your trial period.

During lean times things are scrutinized more and standards change.

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