Who in their right mind PIPs a yearling? You've barely introduced them to the real world and they're far cheaper than your seasoned contributors.
As an aside, I don't see much horror in this story - this happens in many industries and is especially prevalent in companies that try to cull their lowest performers. The only sad part (and maybe illegal) is that it appears to be retaliation for requesting a transfer.
To the engineer who posted this on LinkedIn, producing three-fourths of your teams code shouldn't be a metric you use to measure yourself. Communication with the computer is perhaps 20% of your job - communication with your coworkers/customers is the more important 80%.
As an aside, I don't see much horror in this story - this happens in many industries and is especially prevalent in companies that try to cull their lowest performers. The only sad part (and maybe illegal) is that it appears to be retaliation for requesting a transfer.
To the engineer who posted this on LinkedIn, producing three-fourths of your teams code shouldn't be a metric you use to measure yourself. Communication with the computer is perhaps 20% of your job - communication with your coworkers/customers is the more important 80%.