Name: Pinterest Case Study: The Ultimate Guide To Navigating A PIP
Uploaded: 2024-02-08T14:17:32+00:00
Duration: 4 min 12 s
Description: This was a non-engineer who had several years of experience before joining Pinterest

Pinterest Case Study: The Ultimate Guide To Navigating A PIP

This was a non-engineer who had several years of experience before joining Pinterest.

- **Before**: 90 days after joining, was told they needed to improve

- **During**: “Completely blindsided” when placed on PIP at the 4 month mark. Goalposts kept shifting, didn’t receive feedback until 4 weeks later

- **After**: Took the termination after taking leave for interview prep

This was a non-engineer who had several years of experience before joining Pinterest

A performance improvement plan, also known as a PIP, provides an employee with low performance an opportunity to improve their performance by following an actionable plan.

A performance improvement plan is a process between a company and an under-performing employee to help increase the productivity of an employee

A good performance improvement plan has actionable steps for an employee to demonstrate that they can perform to expectations.

A performance improvement plan outlines clear goals to raise an employee’s work up to expectations

Pinterest is an image sharing service designed to enable saving and discovery of information in the form of pinboards. Pinterest has over 430 million monthly active users and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.