(I didn't read the article; the page seems to be down). A lot of these cases end up with the manager not necessarily having a lot of blame since they might not

(I didn't read the article; the page seems to be down). A lot of these cases end up with the manager not necessarily having a lot of blame since they might not have full information on what's happening. They might also be in a similar performance crisis of their own. If the entire company is having cultural problems and PIP horror stories are common, then the fault is from the people on the top and not from the M1 that laid out the PIP.