Microsoft PIP

Uncommon unless you really suck at your job.

It is not that uncommon. I have seen multiple people being PIPed or getting considered to be pipped. But the first six months are relatively easy, and folks are given time to settle in. It would mostly take a year for someone to get PIPed.

Where there's a will, there's a way

Lol no. I hardly delivered anything in the first 12 months and the manager kept saying you are doing great.

In the past 2 years it’s become a lot more common. Expectations at Microsoft has skyrocketed. Even though employee perks and pay have been cut. We were already lowest paid in the industry and now it’s even worse.