In many cases a warning letter comes first, especially in a case where someone has a good trac record over a period of time. This makes it easier to build a case against the employee. Once on a PIP, the best advice is to try and get a new job. You may hit forcast, and still get fired the next year if you are under plan, once you have been identified as someone that has performance issues. This is begining to be very common at EWHU, as RBD's are instructing DM's to put all employees coming off a prior bad year and are not at forcast in the current year. This is big pharma 101. This is no longer a device company, and many of our loyal customers dont respect us. Look at the fool DM in Boston. How can this guy still have a job. That guy is proof how far this company has fallen. Start looking!