I (F 23) recently got slammed with my first PIP earlier today. I didn’t realize how serious they were until researching them. I’ve been crying all evening. I’ve been at this job for no joke a month and a half. I’ve barely gotten used to it. It’s a really simple, practically entry-level graphic design + photo editing role. The cited reasons were vague, poor use of time, failure to adhere to brand guidelines, poor alignment with company design standards, poor communication skills. My dumbass signed the PIP agreement before I realized what I was doing, I felt like I was going to throw up during the entire meeting. I’m willing to accept that I’m just a bad fit for this role, but this felt very sudden and unreasonable to me. My imposter syndrome is hitting hard, I won’t lie. I am definitely lazy and I’m not working 100% of the time but I’ve never slacked off on doing assignments, been intentionally sloppy or consistently tardy on submissions. I feel blindsided, confused and a bit hopeless. I’ve been trying to scrape together feedback from my supervisors on my work but everything has been vaguely positive as far as my records go. I’m so confused. Before this job, I had gotten laid off due to bad financial practices from another graphic design job I held for about 10 months. I don’t want to be unemployed again. I don’t know how long I can afford it. Ultimately I feel embarrassed, scared and just really tired. If I’m fired, I don’t know what I’ll tell my family and friends, I could die from embarrassment. I have no idea if I’m missing something, if this has anything at all to do with my performance or if I’m just genuinely unhireable. My brain has been through a meat grinder at this point. Any advice?