An exec was appalled by the low productivity on my project, so he ordered an audit. This resulted in productivity dropping even further, as I had to spend time documenting my time.
The PiP meeting was to be with the exec, my manager, and myself. The meeting was deferred 19 (nineteen) times by my manager because of a last minute crisis. This fact wasn't lost on the executive. And in the meeting, which was supposedly about "my" performance, the exec demanded the manager justify the fact that my documentation showed 85% of my time was spent doing unplanned work that was assigned to me that wasn't listed in the schedule.
Of the 19 meeting deferments, only 3 of them were related to project items that were on the schedule; the other 16 were unscheduled. So, he ordered the manager to include all those activities in the schedule. My manager's response was "if I put all those activities in the schedule, it would push the schedule back by over a year".
My PiP was approved with no actions, a second person was assigned to the team two weeks later, and it was announced that my manager was moving to another group shortly after. I can't say for certain this was cause and effect, but I have my suspicions...
Ouff..
Been there, done that.
An exec was appalled by the low productivity on my project, so he ordered an audit. This resulted in productivity dropping even further, as I had to spend time documenting my time.
The PiP meeting was to be with the exec, my manager, and myself. The meeting was deferred 19 (nineteen) times by my manager because of a last minute crisis. This fact wasn't lost on the executive. And in the meeting, which was supposedly about "my" performance, the exec demanded the manager justify the fact that my documentation showed 85% of my time was spent doing unplanned work that was assigned to me that wasn't listed in the schedule.
Of the 19 meeting deferments, only 3 of them were related to project items that were on the schedule; the other 16 were unscheduled. So, he ordered the manager to include all those activities in the schedule. My manager's response was "if I put all those activities in the schedule, it would push the schedule back by over a year".
My PiP was approved with no actions, a second person was assigned to the team two weeks later, and it was announced that my manager was moving to another group shortly after. I can't say for certain this was cause and effect, but I have my suspicions...