Got put on PIP, not sure what's the way further now
I am 2023 graduate working in one of the well-known product-based companies in India, I had joined in December, today I was informed I will be put on Performance Improvement Plan (PIP). This wasn't a complete surprise, in June-end I was told I have not been showing improvement and that I will be closely monitored for 1 month, since then 3 months have happened and I was under assumption that I had passed the phase, but that was not the case. Today in my 1:1 with my manager I was told I have only shown slight improvement since last connect, I had long discussion about what expectations were and where I am lacking, it was more around "Org Building & Collaboration", which is just soft-skills stuff.
So now I have around 1 and 1/2 months of PIP, things I have heard about PIP on internet suggest I'm done here, but idk what I could do to show drastic improvement. I have never stopped looking for new job even when I was comfortable in this job, but having sword hanging on neck causes anxiety, what's the way forward now? any advice on what's the best move, I would like to escape this place so any job referral related help would be highly appreciated, I have around 1 YOE in Frontend Development.
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Please share your experience.As i am in same situation.How to handle this.
There is no way out of PIP, get ready for leaving the company and start urgent job search, in a hypothetical case where you become extremely good in 1 month and somehow change mind of management who have already decided to let you go, there is no guarantee + you will now have set a new standard for them and you will be judged against in in future, and your future stay at company will not be good. So either ways don't have any expectations of surviving it, if your manager is a good person have a discussion with him and take his guidance, my manager and HR also provided me with referrals and contacts from other companies to help in finding new job so better to take their help so you have a job by the time you get out of this and it's all good.