I've had the misfortune to be stuck with an extremely political bunch of people at MSFT - call it Group A, that has had me PIP-ed as soon as they got wind of the desire of a fantastic team - call it Group B - that wants to hire me for a job that would represent a significant move up in my career. I was supposed to time-share between Group A and Group B and Group A was filled with mediocre insecure people who were super dismissive of my very hard work and just downright nasty and crazy-making. Meanwhile Group B - for whom I also worked very hard - loves me and my work - and were delighted when I said I wanted to switch. I begged them to keep it hush hush until they were certain, fearing repercussions - and until recently they did. Well, just as I started getting happy hellos from stakeholders in Group B and started to feel certainty is approaching - Group A appears to have got wind of it. Group A is in good with my manager who has PIPed me for reasons that include begging off judging a student competition for lack of expertise in that functional area and not including two people from group A in my list of people who I was asked to *choose* to comment on my work. My manager told me I was ineligible to move within Microsoft while PIP-ed. Given the ridiculousness of the reasons given - I am fairly certain I will never be found to have 'improved'. My questions (a) Can I do anything about this and be un-PIPed (b) Can I actually wangle a move to the other job while on PIP - is it in anyone else's hands other than my manager's? Edited to add (c) If I resign from MSFT while on PIP, can Group B hire me as a fresh hire as soon as I leave? Thanks
Are you in India? In US msft doesn't have PIP
It's called "insuffucient performance" or something but it's exactly the same as a PIP
Is it IR marked on your connect?