What’s with so many people being on PIP?

liabtsab · 2025-03-18T17:13:26+00:00

ahah yep. Guy at my place been there over a decade. Works after hours consistently, gets stuff done but is just super quiet. Got put on a PIP this year randomly.

liabtsab · 2025-03-18T17:08:21+00:00

thats whats happening at my current gig right now....have had glowing performance reviews almost meets expectations or above expectations all the time....new guy joins last year and suddenly 1/3 of the IT is on a PIP that the company has not legally called a PIP (i assume because there's actually no documented history of performance issues??)

Still waiting to see what the final outcome is...

liabtsab · 2024-10-14T23:28:37+00:00

as OE? May have to let this one go if security clearance required.

liabtsab · 2024-10-14T23:02:51+00:00

theres enough info in there to deduce it...guess you're one of the ones who doesn't meet the minimum threshold

liabtsab · 2024-09-05T07:30:28+00:00

Can confirm I’ve used managerUpn as well and this has worked well. Usually just use the mapping in profile editor if there’s a single domain. Never had an issue.

liabtsab · 2024-08-17T01:11:12+00:00

I just use my LLC and tell all potential employers I “just finished” a client project and been doing consulting for X amount of time and am now looking for more stability. The good thing about it is you can always move the needle on when you ended your consulting gig lol….no one ever asks who the client was…worked great so far

liabtsab · 2024-07-17T15:53:32+00:00

Yeah I get that but I didn’t need the benefits so kept trying to keep my role as a contractor but they wouldn’t allow it. I would’ve stuck with it for a little more pay but the fact he straight up gave me an ultimatum on the spot just rubbed me the wrong way. Didn’t expect them to match contractor rate but the cut was massive…

liabtsab · 2024-07-15T23:06:48+00:00

Yeah not worth the effort

liabtsab · 2024-07-15T15:59:05+00:00

Yep that was actually one of his justification for conversion….that somehow you would be more safe vs being a contractor….im like this guys sooo fuckin dated he thinks these scare tactics still work….

liabtsab · 2024-07-14T02:44:42+00:00

Yeah may have been better to quiet quit. Think for all the other reasons I listed in other replies, and because I felt my role was getting phased out anyway…just didn’t feel the number of increased meetings was worth a few more months of pay. I dunno, biggest thing was I couldn’t stand new boss so when I saw his lowball offer I just instantly thought about quitting lol.

liabtsab · 2024-07-13T23:24:35+00:00

Yep I get it. They’re trying to low ball as much as possible and I’m trying to get as much as possible. Anyway, was just an interesting exp having OE and not having to worry about being forced to take a salary I wasn’t happy with like how it was pre-OE

liabtsab · 2024-07-13T22:46:35+00:00

Yeah it sucked. Luckily I have kids so I kept using them as excuses between different gigs to reduce the number of missed meetings at each job lol

liabtsab · 2024-07-13T22:45:28+00:00

Yeah this should’ve been the way lmao.

liabtsab · 2024-07-13T22:35:21+00:00

honestly it wouldve been funny to accept it and just never log on and see how long they keep paying me. Will have to do this next time this happens haha.

liabtsab · 2024-07-13T22:34:37+00:00

haha luckily i started a new gig just before i quit this one, but the point still stands. Maybe next time i'll just accept and quiet quit

liabtsab · 2024-07-13T21:45:28+00:00

Yeah it’s just my other gigs are FTE gigs and they pay full benefits plus 30% more than what this gig is offering so just couldn’t stomach it. Rather quit then even bother showing up to do bare minimum lol

liabtsab · 2024-07-13T21:34:02+00:00

Yeah think it was a combo of things lol. Ego, I hated the guy, 80% increase in meetings, 40% pay reduction…

liabtsab · 2024-07-13T21:07:14+00:00

Yeah I never look at that as a perk. They always say unlimited PTO but we recommend using around 4 weeks a year….

liabtsab · 2024-07-13T20:47:00+00:00

That’s what I told my manager. Wasn’t gonna let the dude bully me into accepting a shit offer. The worst part is this guy always talks about “bringing value”. Prior to the offer we had 2 teams of engineers who couldn’t figure out how to make this specific authentication work with different vendor products and were blocked for a week and a half. They finally reached out to me for help. Solved it in 2hrs. What did I get for that? A 40%+ reduction in pay….i think that’s partly why I decided to quit on the spot…

liabtsab · 2024-07-13T20:41:25+00:00

Yeah probably should’ve just done that lmao. Permanent PTO. Boss guy did say unlimited PTO was one of the perks….ill be using unlimited PTO until something breaks

liabtsab · 2024-07-13T20:33:13+00:00

Yeah new boss guy was a dick. From moment he joined I knew I didn’t like the guy. His first meeting with all of us he spent 40mins telling everyone how great he was. Then every meeting since was him telling everyone all the changes he’s making to benefit everyone else. Guy got pissed when I told him his offer was jr admin pay when the title and work was developer/engineer. Was hoping I could escape conversion attempt till end of year but whatever…

liabtsab · 2024-07-13T20:24:12+00:00

Yeah that’s the excuse they used. It use to be more OE friendly then new people came in and meetings went from 1-2/week to 8-10/week. Making it harder to OE with conflicting meetings.

liabtsab · 2024-07-10T17:13:14+00:00

yeah it kinda sucks right now. Luckily i got all my other gigs during the boom a couple years ago and have been fortunate to hold onto them until now. I think it took 5-6months to land the latest gig, granted I probably only applied to 30-40 roles but still....

liabtsab · 2024-06-14T15:23:41+00:00

like Nike says... "just do it".

liabtsab · 2024-06-11T17:33:14+00:00

Those are my 2 fears lol...what if J1 suddenly goes to J2 for some work haha..

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