India, April 6 -- A tech professional has claimed they got their manager fired after being placed on a performance improvement plan (PIP), detailing the steps they took to challenge what they described as retaliation.

In a post on workplace forum Blind titled "I got my manager fired after he tried to PIP me. Here's exactly how," the anonymous user said they were put on PIP, but instead of "crying about it", they chose to fight back. "Everyone on here just rolls over when they get PIPed. 'Update your resume, start interviewing, take the severance.' Nah. I chose violence," the techie wrote.

The user said that the PIP came after they escalated a project delay that was "100%" their manager's fault. Calling it a "classic retaliation move," t...