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> I'm often confused by folks going to great lengths to "prove" stuff to HR. Why? HR works for the company / manager. In this case, if they had fought unemployment, there was factu…

100% - I would have taken a simple "This isn't working out for us. We appreciate your efforts. Today will be your last day." over all this. For insult on injury, they declined seve…

I learned that the hard way. I should have known better. Far better to consider the PIP your 30 days' notice.

> I was peripherally involved in a project that was going sideways and I was an easy target. In hindsight, while the reason for me to put “on focus”, I honestly admit was maybe 70%…

At least in Washington state, that's not the case. When I was PIPed out of Red Hat and claimed unemployment, benefits were approved. "You or your employer said you were fired. We d…

I was put on a PIP at Red Hat that was quite farcical and very much about personality disconnects between myself and my manager (and made much more annoying by the fact that he had…