In a situation like this don't trust the manager to have an unbiased take on the matter anymore than the employee. I've known bosses who disliked an employee fo

In a situation like this don't trust the manager to have an unbiased take on the matter anymore than the employee. I've known bosses who disliked an employee for personal reasons and managed to convince themselves that the employee was lazy/incompetent/whatever else as a justification for firing them.