I learned that the hard way.

I should have known better.

Far better to consider the PIP your 30 days' notice.

if you don't pass the PIP, you often get blacklisted and won't ever get hired again. so if you get another job and quit, say good bye. If the new company you work for get's acquired, you will be let go and won't be integrated back into the fold.

PIP is part of the game. Everybody knows that it's a bad indicator of capabilities on its own.

A PIP can happen for any number of reasons that have nothing to do with the employee's performance, and often does.

A PIP or two won't be held again anyone on its own.

There are a lot of companies out there. I no more want to go back to Amazon than an abusive girlfriend.

I guess there's also a chance of someone snapping and doing something bad in bad faith as an act of revenge. Especially that from what I understand PIP/Pivot basically means you're out.

Do you know what severance is?