LAW NO. 09
The PIP Paradox
A performance improvement plan improves the paperwork, not the performance.
"The plan has three clear goals. The third is a last working day."
Why it has a name
Once you can name The PIP Paradox, you will spot it in your own office within a week. That is the point: a thing with a name is a pattern, and a pattern is not about you.
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More Laws
LAW NO. 01The AI Productivity MirageAI saves time, and the saved time is handed straight back as more work.LAW NO. 02The After-Hours GradientThe more senior the sender, the faster the after-hours reply is expected.LAW NO. 03The Bench Anxiety ConstantFear of the bench stays the same, whatever the utilisation report says.LAW NO. 04The Culture-Fit Mirror'Culture fit' means people who remind the interviewer of themselves.LAW NO. 05The Family Emergency FilterThe policy allows the leave. The manager applies the filter.LAW NO. 06The HR Neutrality IllusionHR is neutral the way a referee is neutral when one team pays the referee.
The Corporate-to-English Dictionary (pocket edition)
Twenty of the phrases your manager uses most, translated into what they actually mean. Print it. Pin it near the coffee machine. Deny everything.
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