How to Tell an Employee to Look for a Different Job
What to do if the performance improvement plan didn’t work.
It’s a scenario that all leaders experience at some point in their careers: one of your employees is not meeting expectations. You’ve given them feedback, put them on a performance improvement plan (PIP), and laid out what they need to do differently, but they’re just not making progress.
Despite our best intentions, not every employee placed on a PIP will be able to turn it around and excel in the job they’re in. Sometimes it’s a skill issue, and they simply lack the ability to do what you’re asking them to do. Other times, it’s a will issue, and they’re just not motivated to put in the effort required to be successful.
If you’re nearing the end of their PIP and it’s evident that improvement is not happening, it may be time to have another difficult conversation about what comes next.
This is not about unfairly pushing an employee out of the organization. If you have not given the employee a fair chance to improve, then…
