Rise of the Pips is a reminder to employees that no one is irreplaceable Performance improvement plans are often a precursor of dismissal but workers can make themselves harder to fire.
We need to get contracts signed, bills paid and products approved and that’s made infinitely more difficult when our corporate counterparts are still drinking eggnog and watching Hallmark movies instead of being at work.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about large, corporate customers is that trying to get anything done with their employees between 15 December and 15 January is impossible.
A Pip is short for a performance improvement plan, which is nothing more than a roadmap of steps and objectives that aims to turn an underperforming employee into a better worker.
There’s been a significant rise in Pips, and even though it’s the “most hated” way to fire an employee it’s still the most popular one.
