Work & AmbitionEuphemism
Performance Improvement Plan
per-FOR-muns im-PROOV-munt plannoun
What it means
A document that opens the legal process of removing you while describing itself as support.
What it actually means
Sign it, then start looking.
How it is used in a sentence
"He's on a PIP, so he'll be gone by spring."
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Work & Ambition — Everything your employer calls a benefit and your therapist calls a symptom.
Euphemism — The phrase hides something specific. We decode it.
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Quiet Firing
Work & AmbitionKWY-it FY-ringnounDiagnosis
The practice of removing an employee by making their job unbearable and then waiting.
Real meaningWe would rather you quit than pay severance.
Performance Review
Work & Ambitionper-FOR-muns rih-VYOOnounEuphemism
An annual ritual in which your manager reads aloud a document written about you, in the third person, months ago.
Real meaningHere is a verdict you cannot appeal.