My manager, who can't stand me for some reason, has been working overtime to find faults with my work, so I'm guessing there's a PIP in my future. In my last company, PIP meant you might as well leave right away. Is it the same here? Should I start looking for something else right away?
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After reading this thread, one thought came to mind. If a manager issues a PIO, every single one of you needs to dispute their bald-faced lies. Put management and HR in the cross hairs. Don't tolerate or accept their nonsense without a strong fight. If they want to play the PIP card, then it's time to bury them with a pile of disputes with documentation of how you have been treated. And to any managers thinking of pulling that cr-p, be prepared for the fight of your professional lives. Employees will not allow you to destroy reputations and work history.
@a4 Totally agree and if you get a PIP, dispute it vigorously, particularly conversations you had and you documented. Any emails that your manager sent as well. Then drop the truth bo-b on them. No guarantee of success but HR will cr-p so many bricks that it could build a skyscraper. You might have a chance to nuke the manager. If that manager has created a hostile workplace, hopefully you documented anything that would potentially put that manager and HR on very thin ice.
Bottom line; get ready to turn the tables on your boss. Time to stress them out for a change.
Good luck. Wishing every success.
I feel like but not sure the only person who even looks at your pdp is your manager. I feel like no one else looks at it.
@OP you should start looking for a better company regardless of potential termination or not
@OP If you feel your manager is truly leaning on you, then start documenting all conversations, save a backup of all emails, and recap in writing anything verbal. Keep that info on a backup off company hardware with a throwaway email or a usb-stick.
Call an employment lawyer (some work on contingency), or file with your local state labor department. Worst case you get canned anyways, best case you have potential for wrongful termination or retaliation. Even if you decide to quit this documentation could help determine constructive discharge which helps with unemployment benefits.
You do you, just know that if your manager is treating you this way, they will treat the bozo that replaces you this way. workers only win when we protect and help each other from malicious bosses.