I was in the hospital and got notification that I was terminated. Not a phone call, no warnings, nothing. Just an email to my personal email while I am in the hospital. The reason? I missed one of his team meetings. He even complained that I took Teams calls from my phone vs computer. Teams on phone exist for a reason, no one was ever on camera when I did join on computer so I just started taking them from my phone because my couch is a bit more comfortable. Once I got the complaint I adjusted and joined from computer with camera on, while no one else was on camera. PIP was impossible to complete the way he structured it, lead was 100% useless in training and leading. Lead was a good dude, bad leadership. Manager was an absolute di-khead, I have never been treated the way this man treated me in a professional position. I had a 1 on 1 with him and I explained how fundamentality different our styles are for selling. I made club multiple times at previous position and I have connections all over to get us in the door, I knew most of the field from previous positions and they all trust me. Guess why, I am good at what I do. Good riddance.
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This is harsh reality. You made club but no one makes club alone. When you no longer had the people around you that made the difference the truth is exposed. They carried you and it shows. You have no accountability. It is everyone else's fault.
Name and shame, it's all you can do.
Now, get better, update resume, and use your connections to move on. Don't look back for a year or two and then when you do, you'll see it's good to be gone from there.
Unfortunately, a PIP is a sign you're not wanted anymore. I am not sure anyone should try to fight and recover from a PIP... once you're there it seems the best one can do is negotiate an exit deal.
Sorry you're in that situation, and really wish you a fast recovery.
HPE has a culture of ghosting people who got laid off. Instead of helping them and doing the right thing, they think that person was a lower performer or toxic. Reality, the people leader didn’t like them and wanted them gone.
@as totally agree, as soon as I saw it, I knew. He is a horrible leader and his group will fail, team members were cool, he wasnt
Were you legacy Juniper? This sounds like what they would do.
Laid off while in the hospital, that's harsh.
But hey, that's also business.
When you get put on a PIP, it's designed for you to fail.
It's a way for the company to cover their a-s legally, by pushing you out the door.
They didn't want you to improve.
They wanted you gone.
So they initiated a paper trail, with hoops for you to jump through, while moving the goalposts with purposely ambiguous expectations.
Here's to you finding something better, soon.
- Cheers!