PIPs are disingenuous. If you get put on one, find a new job as fast as possible, HR exec says.

• Nolan Church was the former head of talent at DoorDash and ex-chief people officer at Carta. 
• He said companies use PIPs to protect themselves and avoid blindsiding employees with firings.
• Church said if you're put on a PIP you've been "scarlet-lettered" and should move jobs immediately. 

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Nolan Church, a former recruiter at Google and DoorDash and ex-chief people officer at Carta, about his experience of putting people on PIPs. The following has been edited for length and clarity.