Re:Amazon tells bosses to conceal when employees are on perf...
by chris11 on Friday July 09, 2021 @03:39PM
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> Keep the "build a case against the employee so we can fire them without a lawsuit", ditch the "actually trying to improve their performance"
I'm less optimistic. I see two main uses for PIPS.
1) 3rd parties usually get involved in communicating the performance issues and expectations.
2) It explicitly documents failures if an employee doesn't improve.
I'm assuming employees usually only pass the PIP if communication is the major issue. But a manager should communicate performance concerns before starting an official PIP process. I'm not confident that a well intentioned PIP process will lead to a large minority of employees passing it.
Documenting failures only helps in firing someone. It isn't a benefit to the individual engineer.
Re:Amazon tells bosses to conceal when employees are on perf...
by vjdingdong on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:11PM
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Re. the darker possibility becomes the bias, since the organization (maybe due to its size), with its focus on success, has a low tolerance for an employee who is struggling.
Of course the other, darker possibility is that this is an attempt to take the evil parts of the PIP and get rid of the actual improvement. Keep the "build a case against the employee so we can fire them without a lawsuit", ditch the "actually trying to improve their performance". I prefer to think this isn't the case.