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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This op with an update for the group. [b]The meeting was for a PIP (performance improvement plan)[/b] for 60 days. In other words I should find a new job and I have 60 days to do it. They guised the meeting as “wanting to help me so I don’t hit a wall when I’m up for partner in 2 years” and said “wanting to make partner is a nice ambition” and “you billing rate as a senior associate is high and it almost makes more sense for our group to use a junior and train up” when I said I’m shocked by this given that I’ve had great reviews for the past few years including this last year they said “law firms are notoriously bad about giving reviews” and “your evaluations are fine, everyone gets an A we’re not good at giving evaluations” and “let’s not focus on reviews”[/quote]
Well that’s interesting since all the posts last night said big law didn’t do PIPs.

Agree with another poster that this is a good runway to focus on finding a new job. [/quote]

Doesn't sound like a PIP even if they are calling it that because they are going to fire OP at the end of 60 days regardless of her performance.  I suspect they told all the partners in OP's practice area so they won't be assigning any work to her.  Basically OP has 60 days notice before she is fired but she will probably still get severance at that point so she's getting an extra 2 months of severance than other people get.[/quote]

Why do you think OP is a woman? I thought OP was a male.

OP, I am sorry. 60 days is too short. Firms used to give at least three months in the old days (20 years ago).[/quote]

I think OP confirmed somewhere she was female. It's a long thread. [/quote]

She did confirm she’s a woman. Also, she has a 60 day PIP. Assuming she fails to meet the PIP (or however you say that), she will get more time after the 60 days, correct? [/quote]

This is op. lol, no. There is no more time after the 60 days. I literally pretended I had no idea what a pip was and I asked “so what happens at the end of the 60 days is there an extension usually?” And the HR manager said “there was an instance where we gave an extension because the  60 day window was during the holidays” LOLLL so it’s safe to say no extension. [/quote]

NP and did they confirm severance terms (3 months paid + 3 months on website)?[/quote]

This is op. There was no discussion about severance at all or stay on website. There was no opportunity for me to speak which is better because I can follow up in writing and it will be a paper trail. They sent me the pip as an email and asked me to sign which I have not. I plan to make comments to it and send back. [/quote]

This sucks, OP,  but I think your time and energy would be better spent looking for another job at this point.  
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Hard to do that in 60 days. I got 3-4 months without even a hard deadline. 60 days is really unfair to OP[/quote]

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