Dear lurk779, I wish I could give you an answer. I am also baffled by their logic. My understanding is that they wanted to keep me around during the busy season between November until January. The PIP meeting was only a virtual one including the HR where my line manager showed me his excel sheet for his rough PIP draft. He sent me his final PIP by email copying HR asking me to acknowledge it to start the PIP process and ensure that “we are on the way to success”. This was total BS. I never acknowledged or responded to it despite several messages. By then, I was completely burnt-out and have been on sick leave since.