I was at my company for just over a year, and they put me on a PIP, citing that I didn’t know how to do my job and couldn’t produce results.
After a few months of kicking my butt into high gear AND submitting some lengthy post-PIP documentation, I finally heard back from HR.
I had a handful of goals I was expected to meet. One of the goals I unfortunately did not meet—BUT it was outside the scope of my actual job!!! So, I technically successfully completed my PIP because my manager had no grounds to even enforce that specific expectation.
Super dumb and I shouldn’t have been on this PIP to begin with, but I’m glad I can finally breathe again! Oh, and my manager lost his promotion after his dumb stunt. :)