If you just got handed a Performance Improvement Plan, there is a good chance you've already started Googling. And there is a good chance what you found made things worse, not better. The conventional wisdom about PIPs is riddled with misinformation. Some of it comes from well-meaning friends who have never actually been through one. Some of it comes from HR-speak designed to keep you compliant. And some of it comes from the internet, which is not exactly a reliable narrator