Description: Reflections and Ramblings
This category is going to fall under the overall need to establish urgency. It’s also going to be filed under how to not take things too personally.
Prior to formally being put on a performance improvement plan (PIP), I got two emails that were formal “letters of concern.” The meat of the areas of concern were legitimate, but I focused on the stuff that wasn’t legitimate and took it personally.
I read several people’s perspectives of PIPs and what to do about them on Reddit. The advice ranged from just fold and spend the rest of the PIP person job hunting, to hunker down and work hard. The two schools of thought were: one, this is the last step before you’re fired, or two, a PIP is an honest attempt by your employer to get your attention.