[rgblambda]

I wonder if fired employees could take a class action lawsuit against these types of procedures. If acceptable performance is altered relative to how many people need to be let go, and there is data showing that few survive the PIP (Employers claim that the intended effect is to help the employee improve performance) then surely that's evidence that the so called Performance Improvement Plan is a sham.

[badRNG]

There's no grounds for a lawsuit, not in the states. They can legally fire you for nearly any reason or for no reason whatsoever. All PIPs do is help the company fend off claims that the employee was fired for an illegal reason (e.g., for being a member of a protected class, retaliation, etc.)

[lowbloodsugar]

PIPs would do that if the process was valid, but as pointed out, they are not. So if they defend against a claim of racism, sexism, castism, or ableism, with “but PIP!”, then it helps if we can show that PIPs are bullshit.