Only Elite Human Capital could think this is a good idea: Everyone in the bottom 15% of whatever nonsense metrics they're using this week (whichever ones the right people can game properly) are getting automatically PIP'd.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1vyloiq/low_performance_bucket/
As we all know they use PIPs to prep people for being RA'd. And all the rumors are pointing to a massive RA in September.