Hello everyone, hope all of you're doing well. I'm currently in a seed-stage startup and today, I got placed in PIP by my manager in the presence of the HR. The past couple of months, I've not been able to do much of dev work, all the operational work used to get dumped onto me and that was sort of manual mostly, it took up almost all my time and my manager thinks that I don't do any work at all. Last week, I couldn't do work because of high fever and this week an outage happened which was pinned onto me. While I feel bad about the outage, I think it was a bit harsh to straightaway put me on PIP after the fever. I've been given 6 weeks to complete the PIP, and I joined this startup in early March. But still during the PIP talk, I was described as hard working and really sincere, which was confusing and I've always been described like this. Apparently a senior had complained about me that I ask too many doubts. I do agree that I ask doubts, but don't waste his time at all the way the manager described it. Infact, I get blocked because the senior goes outside, takes up time to put his daughter to sleep, goes out for other activities, etc. Hence sometimes my ownership of getting something done is being questioned. Should I go full on in the PIP or prepare full heartedly for external opportunities? It's 6 weeks long and the tasks will be shared with me on Monday. I'm honestly a bit disheartened that even after working through headaches and putting in so much effort, I was put on PIP. Currently, my interview loops are going on for Salesforce and Google. Google rounds are yet to start though... Having said that, referrals from other places would be welcome as well! YOE : 3 TC : 20 L
Which startup ?
Sorry, can't name it, I'll then get doxed.
Op switch and then name the startup. Wish you luck
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Could you please DM me? I've exhausted all my DMs...
Move out. Good luck and don't let this affect you. You are working with morons.
How to ensure this doesn't affect me? I mean, negative thoughts are creeping into ny head while I'm preparing for other companies, and what if they remove me in between the PIP and I don't have a job offer in hand?
Ofcourse everyone will get unsettled in such a situation, it is normal. But always remind yourself that this is not the worst that could happen to you. You are in better position than millions of people on earth, but are you picking the recent setback and perhaps making yourself more miserable than required? Remind yourself that life isnt permanent. All of will die someday and our goal has to be to enjoy the time we have here, to love several people while we are here. But we end up negative from setbacks and spending lot of time hating few people. The only way out of this from long-term view is to be less materialistic(includes attachment to job) and build a corpus to reduce dependencies. We are on earth for bigger purpose than chasing wealth and repaying debts. In short term, you can remind yourself that the situation is temporary and that if you have made it this far, you will make it farther too. Belive me, this experience will make you stronger and empathetic and better human being. Remind yourself that there is a better opportunity awaiting you, just make sure to stay focused. Dont withdraw into yourself and end up in spinning negative thoughts. Force yourself to talk to close friends, vent out, divert mind, it helps a lot. Hoping and wishing you good days ahead.