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- A management academic who was put on a performance-improvement plan called them a form of quiet firing.
- Catherine Rymsha explained that PIPs are often used by HR to push employees out legally and safely.
- She advises that PIPs are generally an indication to leave the company as soon as possible.
A management academic who was placed on a performance-improvement plan while working in the corporate world told Business Insider that it is just a roundabout way of your company quiet-firing you.
Catherine Rymsha, a lecturer in management at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, previously worked in the human resources department of a global software company. Prior to that, she worked in different marketing and communication roles.