An employee at a Fortune 500 firm has ignited an online debate around performance improvement plans (PIPs), severance entitlements and employee leverage, claiming that management is pushing him into a ...

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Nearly 85% of employees on a PIP eventually leave their jobs. Your 30-day plan just shrank to six days. This "fast-track" firing often happens after long vacations. At-will laws let companies change ...