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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Something that has worked at my agency is the threat of a bad review. Basically, the employee is told they will receive a poor review. If the person hopes to continue in government or even some other places, they won’t want that on their record. So, the employee leaves in lieu of the bad review. [/quote]

Does that happen in unionized agencies?[/quote]

NP. Why wouldn't it? I have given plenty of poor reviews and PIPs to people who are poor performers in unionized agencies. Only lazy managers let poor performers stick around. I have also downgraded people. If you're just a bad GS13, maybe you should be a mediocre GS12 where not as much is required. 
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Oh, I know you can get a bad review. I was talking about the idea of threatening someone with a bad review as a stick to get someone to leave. Seems a bit underhanded and a way to get around worker protections. [/quote]

It is all in how you look at it.  Letting somebody know, honestly, that their performance is not meeting expectation or in danger of not meeting expectations that is the core of what performance management is about.  It provides that employee the opportunity to either improve performance or leave without a mark on their record.  If I were in that position as an employee, I certainly would appreciate the heads up before a formal PIP was issued...[/quote]

In my experience poor performers don’t think a PIP is actually coming so they continue not working. I’ve told a few people at midterms that their performance was at an unsatisfactory level and they didn’t believe me [/quote]

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