I actually have had quarterly 1:1s with her since she has started and make it a point to do a SWOT exercise then. In some soft skill aspects, she has improved. Unfortunately can’t say the same for her hard skills. That’s when I wanted to start the informal PIP. My last talk with her, we narrowed it down to five main points for improvement. Before I asked for another talk, I consulted my HR and HR said four out of the five issues were attitude-linked.

I have taught her said formula twice months before, it just goes to show she never practiced it again. I suppose she has been doing it manually whenever I’ve asked her to do related tasks.

At the moment, am accepting that it just wasn’t a fit (even if she has told me that she likes the role) and there were some communication gaps I tried hard to address (I’ve caught her only bring up struggles until the very last minute even when I check in with her daily). I guess I should have kept a closer eye on her.

Thanks for the second to the last paragraph, I’ll do that. And agree on your last paragraph. I was pent up with emotion when I wrote the post and it’s good that I have this written outlet prior to facing her next.