I would not only update my resume, but start sending it out. If you manager wants to keep you, there would usually be a less formal process. A "performance improvement plan" is almost always just a formality on the step to a firing. There are exception. but I suspect your best chance of keeping your job is documenting that your supervisor is full of shit and going over his or her head. If you can't do that, then your best bet is moving and stop speed to find a new job, while taking whatever action you can delay being let go. Quite honestly at this point, getting a new job should be top priority, and compliance with the plan - well you want to make the effort, but not at the expense of time you need to find a new job. If you were in a tiny work environment the advice might be different, but in anything from a large small business or better, "performance improvement plans" and such are just a CYA step on the way to firing an employee.
A quick Google reveals that at least one HR expert agrees with me [link]
Does not mean that I'm right. Still my guess is: assume the manager you don't trust is an enemy. Challenge the PIP if you think you have a chance of winning. Otherwise use the PIP to stall for time while you find another job. Even if you challenge, unless you are damn confident of winning, get the resume out there. One good point to use against your self-image demons: PIPs are not used to force bad employees out. PIPs are used by managers who want to get rid of an employee everyone knows damn well is doing a good job. The PIP tells you this is not about job performance, but about politics or personal prejudice.
X-posting from facebook - does this sound like a decent health insurance option?
Right now the top option is BCBS Blue Saver. Deductible is $2800, premium about $215, 100% preventive coverage, Rx coverage with no separate deductible, etc. 80%/20% after deductible in network, 60%/40% for out of network.
One good point to use against your self-image demons: PIPs are not used to force bad employees out. PIPs are used by managers who want to get rid of an employee everyone knows damn well is doing a good job. The PIP tells you this is not about job performance, but about politics or personal prejudice.
THANK YOU for saying that. I'm completely serious. Because the voices of the self-image demons are LOUD right now.
I just read through the PIP, and yeah, a lot of it is subjective bullshit (Pete read it and agrees), but there's no way I will be able to challenge it and win. So yep, using these 30 days to stall for time and find a new job.
Does anyone know if I do end up getting fired after a PIP, does that make me ineligible to claim unemployment?
X-posting from facebook - does this sound like a decent health insurance option?
Right now the top option is BCBS Blue Saver. Deductible is $2800, premium about $215, 100% preventive coverage, Rx coverage with no separate deductible, etc. 80%/20% after deductible in network, 60%/40% for out of network.
If you can handle the deductible, the rest of it seems like a good deal to me.
ETA: Assuming the network is good.
It doesn't look like it automatically disqualifies you. I think it has to be for something pretty egregious, but I think it also varies by state. Here's the WA page - [link]
Right now the top option is BCBS Blue Saver. Deductible is $2800, premium about $215, 100% preventive coverage, Rx coverage with no separate deductible, etc. 80%/20% after deductible in network, 60%/40% for out of network.
How much is the out of pocket max? 20-40% could add up quickly.
Jilli, I think it depends on how they phrase your release papers, and your local laws.
Still waiting on the CU. It's going up the chain and so far it looks hopeful.
That's like 4 steps better the BoA, and it only took one week! Progress!
How much is the out of pocket max? 20-40% could add up quickly.
$5K
By contrast my COBRA has: deductible of $750, premium of $340, $3K out of pocket max, 100% preventive, also 80/20. And it covers mental health with no copay. WHY THE HELL HAVEN'T I BEEN SEEING A THERAPIST DAMN.
The sale today was AWESOME!! We did just under $200. We have tomorrow to go and I'll probably be purging some stuff tonight to add to the leftovers from today.
I decided that we would take our break from our fast food moratorium and had Joe pickup Wendy's on his way home. These are the BEST FRIES EVER. EVER IN THE WHOLE WORLD OF FRIES.
Aims, how did Em's side venture go?
