idk man seems plausible that the social pressure of not wanting to be the PIP bozo could be effective. also love how you assume that "anyone.. on any sort of performance improvement plan" is 100% not at fault, it must be the evil kkkapitalist boss "trolling" or "gaslighting". there are retards who don't do their jobs well and a PIP is sometimes trying to push them into doing better instead of firing.