For people not performing well, One good thing at Cerner is they put you under a performance review plan which lasts for about a month before you are actually fired. I like this method a lot since it gives you time to move on. Am curious about policies at other places
That sounds like standard pip
I got placed on a 2-week pip and beat it to buy more time. They decided to put me on another one but a slightly more relaxed one. I'm working on finding another job on the side in the meantime.
Do you find the work difficult or are you just not into it?
More of the latter. My company is kind of a shitshow and for the most part doesn't care about its employees. No one has gotten a raise in 2 years. They fire people pretty easily. All my coworker friends have left within the last 2-3 months. I'm the last one.
See if you can negotiate 1-2 months of time to look internally or externally for a different position. In pip you might not get much time to look elsewhere. The end result is that you will be leaving, so why not use that time to look.
My coworkers have successfully done this, but not while on pip. Is this situation possible or likely to be negotiated for if I'm on pip?
In a lot of companies, when you are placed on a PIP, you can't transfer to another division. Even if you get off the PIP some companies require that there be several months worth of data collection on your performance (6 months in the case of Amazon). After the data collection is over they determine whether you have been performing at or above where they want you to be. Even if you get off the PIP some managers can still try to put a roadblock in your plans to transfer
We have a very strong culture of 1:1 meetings, and a formal review every three months. You'd be pretty dense to not know it was coming here, whether it's a promotion or separation.