Getting on the manager's radar, being placed on a performance improvement plan, pulled into an investigation, or pushed out after you spoke up is frightening, and isolating. Most people going through it feel like they have no one to ask, because the usual options don’t fit: a lawyer feels like too much too soon, HR works for the company, and friends don’t really know how these processes work.
You’re not the first person to feel blindsided by this, and you won’t face it alone. I’ve been on the inside of these decisions for years, and with the right plan, made early, the outcome is often very different than it feels right now.
