Manager puts employee on a performance improvement plan after they write a date in the wrong format: ‘They’re just looking for an excuse to fire you’

If you get put on a performance improvement plan, you hope that you have some idea about where it’s coming from. Maybe you know your heart hasn’t been in it recently, and you’ve been making avoidable mistakes. Or maybe it comes out of the blue, and you’re left scrambling, wondering what you did wrong.