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[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]

No op said at the end of 60 days she is without a job. There is no room for trying to improve and then to learn the layoff runway. The firm apparently called it a PIP but it has nothing to do with PIPs as they are known in the corporate world. It’s just a notice of being laid off. [/quote]
Is that what the PIP said? It contained no terms or conditions for improvement? Did OP ever say what was in the PIP? I thought OP said the [b]form[/b] said something about "two years down the road," several pages back.[/quote]
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