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by itsathrower288 1829 days ago
A real PIP always has HR involved. Note to any Googlers: If a manager tells you you're on a PIP, feel free to reach out directly to HR and ask for information about it. Or your skip level, who will be pretty surprised if it's not a real one, and probably not too happy about it.

On your second example, this is where having senior technical people in the calibration room is really important. The key there is ensuring that said technical people know about the work before they are in the room. It is really difficult to change outcomes after the fact. You can't expect them to defend something they don't know about.