Suggest to manager to PIP team member?
I’m a tech lead for the team and have been trying to get a junior developer on the team to improve for about a year. I’m at the point of giving up on this person as nothing has worked. Two other seniors on the team have tried to mentor the person with no luck. All in all, three senior engineers have tried multiple ways to work with them…hands on, hands off, small tasks, big tasks…nothings changes their work output, attitude, or productivity.
This person takes an entire sprint to do an equivalent of what an intern would do, equivalent of 1-2 sprint points. If larger tasks are assigned, they never get it done on time or right even if it’s broken down for them. When things gets difficult , they take time off and someone takes over the work. We have unlimited time off.
When discussing issues with this person, they say all the right things but outcome never changes. Manager is aware of the issues and says he’s continually working with this person to improve.
Should I be blunt and tell my manager this person should be on PIP? I’m not sure if my manager is intentionally keeping this person around due to budget issues of hiring another person or keeping him around in case of layoffs.