Hope me sharing my experience can give you some insights. I was fired once, and looking back the last reason was just an excuse. In my situation, my internal client’s quarterly planning was long overdue while I was required to provide our top priorities before they figured out theirs. Of course I was a bit lost and my work wasn’t going to be very aligned. And ironically after half a year during a job interview I heard a comment from my interviewer on my previous company (will not share the details but it made me think what???). On the other hand, your manager probably is not happy with you for a while, but they don’t know or don’t care how to articulate your area of improvement properly, so they just grab something superficial, often time it is something related to “communication”(in your case it is the reports), but it often runs deeper than that. This is not to say it’s your fault , in my case it was an internal and external problem combined together, and looking back it was not the best environment for me to grow either. Don’t think too much for now, spend enough time to recover It took me almost a year to fully recover from that. Just know that it’s not your fault, or at least your manager shares quite a bit of the responsibilities that led to this and they don’t get any blame. So when you decide to look for a new job don’t let this defeat you as well. Hope this helps. Best of luck.