[yvette516]

I've been working at a company for the last 10 years and during the last 2 years the company has really started going downhill. I believe due to the ones who are now in charge. We have had several lay off's with no rhyme or reason as to why someone was selected over another to be laid off. If someone was laid off, they were given severance pay. I was working as an Acct Mgr but now our company has decided to do away with Acct Mgrs so half of my department is now inside sales only and the other half (the group I'm in) are doing odds and end jobs, basically customer service although when they told us about what we would be doing they hyped it up as being such an important job with a lot of power and responsibilities (which we were used to when we were Acct Mgrs).

Last week I know that about 6 out of the 11 in my team were placed on a PIP ( including me). I knew this was probably coming but I didn't think it would be coming in the form of a PIP. I thought we would just be laid off in the next riff.

Needless to say, I'm very upset about it because we were basically given this PIP on a technicality. The company's morale has gone WAY down... Not only in our department but in all departments. We are losing customers left and right.

Even though I can't prove it, I'm pretty sure we were placed on PIP's because we make too much money. They want us to get pissed off and quit. This way they wouldn't have to pay us anything.

I'm just wondering why a PIP? If I'm such a good employee (as well as the others on the team that received PIP's) Why didn't they just lay us off and pay us severance pay like they did with so many others (including my previous manager)? They laid off 500 people worldwide and 100 of the 500 were from the division I work under.

I have always gotten great reviews and have never been placed on a PIP.
I said that if I ever received a PIP, I would be gone. I'm currently looking for another position at similar company.

A PIP is such a slap in the face. As far as I'm concerned they are saying: We want you to leave because we don't know what else to do since we are losing so much money and this is another area we can cut out.

The problem I'm having is that I'm 99% sure there are others on our team that should have received a PIP but didn't. Maybe they make less money??

Is there anything I can do or is it best to just move on?

[twinkiedooter]

Move on before your present company tanks. It has all the earmarks of tanking and soon.

[Fr_Chuck]

Move on, don't burn any more bridges than you have to.

[yvette516]

Thanks for the advice. That's exactly what I thought. It's just so hurtful after being here for so long and putting so much into this company. It's the people who have been in charge the last few years who have really made it go downhill. I guess I shouldn't take it personal. They talk about what great values the company stands for the do the opposite.

[twinkiedooter]

Your reaction is normal. Sometimes when the economy tanks like now and bad decisions of the higher ups all gang up and make for company failures. Happens every day. You should feel lucky that your company even bothered to make the customer service positions for you and your fellow employees. At least they are trying to hold on.

YOu need to remember in business it's business and not ever to be taken personally. I've worked in offices for over 40 years in lots of different industries and found they are all alike in a lot of ways - just the name of the company changes as the people are always the same calibur - and your company being a world wide company I would expect them to be just the same as a mom and pop company when pushed up against a wall financially.

[twinkiedooter]

excon agrees: Am I the only one who doesn't know what a PIP is??

Probably.

[excon]

Hello:

I even looked it up on wikki, and it doesn't help. How could I have missed it?

excon

[twinkiedooter]

Hello:

I even looked it up on wikki, and it doesn't help. How could I have missed it?

excon

Exie you didn't look under SOL short for Sh*t Out of Luck. Try that.