If you are NSI this year be very careful before choosing to try the PIP. This year managers have been told they will not be allowed to pass people on the PIP. Managers are scared of going against the guidance as passing people will be seen as not willing to make the hard choices that management material need to make. You are better off taking the PIL and using the time to look for a job.
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When EM first we-ponized the NSI/PIP system in around 2014, I saw people work hard on their PIP, then were told unsuccessful. Back then it was 4 month PIL or work through PIP.
It still amazes me that EM Executives can predict how many employees will Need Significant Improvement prior to start of assessments, then it is shocking that the number of people that fail their PIP is directly related to the number of people EM needs to reduce headcount by.
Heed the warning. If NSI or NI the best course of action is to leave.
@dn The irony...first time NSI increases the risk of being the 2nd NSI to minimize exposure. Even if one were to pass the PIP, it buys the assessment group another year to be NSI.
If you do the PIP, they ask that it be done to the level of at least a VGP performance which the supervisor and N+1 needs to sign off on (i.e. skin in the game).
If they pass you and its not VGP next year, supervisor and manager gets blamed. If it is, someone else has to get below you so its musical chairs.
So the question is - are you in a country where the company views you as important? Is there a redundancy program they are offering? If not, then you are going to be MLRP 2nd time anyway so they can migrate jobs without paying.
It's a 0 sum game, someone needs to be NSI-ed so would a supervisor want to risk losing another person through first time NSI or NSI you if you're not of the right nationality.
@b7 They hate doing the PIP paperwork specially when they know the outcome cant be pass (more detailed documentation)
Or you could elect to take the PIP option but then just not do the work. Create an administrative burden for the supervisors and managers with no intention of passing.
@OP When they PIP you they decide the outcome too
That tracks. I know two people who were essentially told that passing the PIP this year would be a very high bar. Their managers were steering them towards not attempting the PIP.
It is time for managers to "fish or cut bait." PIPs are often a test for managers. A managers ability to identify and manage low performers is a key skill. Many mangers fail the PIP test, and get demoted
Not 100% true across board but definitively more pressure to be harder on pips.
@a6 If supervisor decides to pass you they also figure out a way to put you in VG next cycle. IT's all staged...
@a6 That has always been the guidance. In fact, we tell the person that is the criteria.
I heard that in order to pass someone on PIP, the manager needs to agree that they have confidence the person can be ranked Very Good the following year. What kind of cr-p. The company wants all of us to fail.