Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
Ah, there you are.

My chum has been placed in a 'performance management programme'. Does this have an legal meaning? Is it a way to fire him?
It sounds like he's not up to scratch.
The programme is a way of identifying where the under performance is and agreeing ways and timescales to get to a satisfactory level.

In short, they are on the road to managing him out of the business.

I'd ask for a settlement agreement to leave. Saves all the bullshít and he gets some cash. We are at almost full employment, he'd walk into another job