I was on a PIP with horrible!boss and survived a while under her reign of terror. They hired a new person and transferred me to him; I asked our executive director if she could not let him see my performance reviews until he'd had a chance to know me without any prejudice. After about a week, he sat down with me, said he'd read the performance reviews, and then sat there kind of waving his hands trying to figure out how those related to the person he'd been working with.
Horrible!boss, having lost any staff to push around and having been effectively demoted, bailed - left with no notice - I'm not sure who initiated the departure. When she left, I came to realize that no one else liked her all that much. And she left a fair amount of confusion behind, as she didn't leave any information about what she'd done ... and with new people on board, I keep having to say that horrible!boss had handled it and didn't talk to me about it. The new person is totally at a loss about it because when she left her previous job, she says she spent the last couple weeks writing up information for the transition.
Good!boss left (sob) but I've been assigned to someone else who seems to be working out. We need to sit down and talk, but with his schedule and mine, just haven't had time.
So ... a PIP isn't necessarily the kiss of death, but it can be a sign that your boss wants you gone.
Usually, Hec, I'm impressed by your ability to have blended your family so well.Mine certainly did not go like that, but as my mother says, divorce is a strong word, there are definitely not-chill times. But mostly y'all make it look easy.
So ... a PIP isn't necessarily the kiss of death, but it can be a sign that your boss wants you gone.
Oh, I know my boss wants me gone, even tho' she keeps saying "I really want to keep you!" Because she also keeps saying "You have to be really sure this is what you want to do, we don't make it easy for tech writers here, are you sure you want to do this?"
Which honestly? No. I want to be the writer for the UX team, who I already work with, who view me as part of the team, and who value my work. Will they be able to get the headcount to transfer me to their team by the end of the week? No idea.
To add to Maria's point, of four people I am aware of in my group who had PIPs, two were eventually let go (one of them after multiple PIPs, and I still fought to keep her), one is now doing kick-ass, and one is my boss.
Usually, Hec, I'm impressed by your ability to have blended your family so well.Mine certainly did not go like that, but as my mother says, divorce is a strong word, there are definitely not-chill times. But mostly y'all make it look easy.
It's work. It's hard work to keep the friction away from Emmett. And mostly we get along fine and work together and don't indulge in petty bullshit. But it requires so much effort to keep it on keel sometimes.
And like I said, it gets raw in a hurry. And like your mom said, divorce is a strong word.
Hey Aims, I wanted to comment on this from yesterday:
I don't know why, but the last bit is bugging the crap out of me. I know there are lots of Christians who are assholes and do things not even related a teeny bit to Good Works, tolerance, love, charity, etc. But not all of them are and ... I don't know. Maybe I'm just predisposed to being annoyed by them because they poke at me about my Faith all. the. time.
I swear those two just like grinding axes. Did you know that they were one of the bigger reasons I left Michigan? They just like to poke, and I was tired of it.
Preach, brutherman. They are a large part of why we talk about leaving again.
They are a large part of why we talk about leaving again.
Can you tell them to get stuffed without leaving the state? It seems a shame to let "friends" drive you away.
Can you tell them to get stuffed without leaving the state? It seems a shame to let "friends" drive you away.
Yeah, no kidding. That's ridiculous.
