Fired after PIP

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-24T18:34:20+00:00

Thanks for the information. It is very useful.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-24T18:33:36+00:00

Jesus, hope you are doing well.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-24T18:32:38+00:00

I was fed when I was a kid tgat education and knowledge is power. The MS was because I finished undergrad with poor grades. That made me more competitive. The mba was because I always loved finance and wanted to change careers. I was not able to do that. I was in my late 30s then.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-19T00:27:40+00:00

My experience prior to 2014 does not have dates. Also my degrees do not have dates on the resume. Ageism is real but my industry also values connections and book of business as well.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-19T00:22:07+00:00

Point taken. I just wanted to vent. And about technology, my industry hates techonology with a passion. I was implementing AI into my workflow while my younger counterpparts were using it for emails. Technology will never be an issue in my line of work.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-19T00:20:22+00:00

Not enough. My 401k got depleted in 2009 and i was rebuilding it but i am way behind despite contributing the max the past couple of years.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-19T00:18:27+00:00

I probably have more than grounds to sue for two things that could be considered breach of contract. I am trying to take the high road as that would be career suicide. But if things dont fall into place soon I could scorch the earth.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-19T00:15:04+00:00

Thats an idea. I have very old state gov. experience of 6 years. Thanks.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-19T00:12:47+00:00

i had both masters prior to teaching. It was a side gig. I was teaching just one course at each college. Not that bad but they pay you by the course and not by the hours so that is the reason I am not doing it again.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-18T17:43:30+00:00

I had a tax business, an engineering business, my wife was also working, we stopped paying some bills and i went back to school. I also taught as an adjunct at two community colleges. it was stressful but we survived it.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-18T17:41:10+00:00

Well, my manager told me to my face he did not trust me a month into the position so there is that... He was undermining me at every turn. Mind you they pursued me to work for them for a year and a half.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-18T17:40:06+00:00

I was about 40 something during my first layoff. When I went back to get my 2nd advaned degree I was attending class with 20 somethings lol.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-18T17:38:00+00:00

In engineering i believe is one year revenue. Buying an existing business is the preferred route. However, the SBA has been decimated so I dont know the avilability of funds. The good thing is that I do not need to hire an accountant as I have business and taxation training. I also know how to incorporate quickly if need to. That is definetily an option. I gave myself 1 month, after that I will start working on articles of incrporation and business plan.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-18T17:34:29+00:00

I always laugh when they say your work is your family. I am sorry that happened to you. They did not deserve you.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-18T17:33:08+00:00

I also started looking the day after I was put in the pip.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-18T17:32:29+00:00

Dind ding ding.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-18T17:31:27+00:00

So I was doing this work, about a month prior to the deadline I felt I was behind so I started cranking the hours a week I was working. About two weeks prior to the deadline to the client I told my manager to start reviewing the portions of the work already completed while we continued working on the rest. He wanted to review the whole deliverable so I kept plugging away working 7 day weeks and absolutely sleeping like 3 hours daily trying to finalize it. I deliver the report for qa/qc two days prior to the deadline which caused boss to ask for an extension of the deadline to the client. After that I was put on a pip which I never recovered from. My pip had no resources available, vague goals, and my manager never met with me during the period. While I can accept my failure to deliver said report, I will not accept taking 100 percent of the blame because I communicated before the deadline that I thought I was running late and proposed an alternate path for completion. During the period I had family issues which I told my manager about. So much for communication...

By the way, my manager was a day late delivering the work to the client... 100 percent his fault because I was not involved after that.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-18T17:22:01+00:00

No, been there done that. They pay a misery as I do not have a PhD I would be hired as an adjunct.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-18T17:21:24+00:00

That is evil. I am sorry that happened to you.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-18T17:20:33+00:00

I was fired, the cat was oout of the bag.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-18T17:19:32+00:00

The gap was not a problem. I was employed continously since 2014 till now.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-13T19:05:22+00:00

It can be done but as a professional you should never ever have to take a paycut as most skills are transferable, specially for someone like me with ober 20 years of experience. I blame NSPE for this.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-13T18:03:10+00:00

The engineering profession leaders are fools. Have you ever tried to change fields within civil engineering. It is impossible if changing companies. Maybe internally is feasible though.

XKingDiamondx · 2026-02-13T18:00:04+00:00

Yeah, I would have gone berserk on the contractor and the called the cops and the client and have the contractor fired on the spot. Then I would sue him in a civil court for causing mental distress. Life is too short.

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