Boss pretends employee isn’t getting fired, hands them a “motivational” disciplinary letter, and then asks them to train their own replacement: ‘Task #1 - find a new job’

The disciplinary meeting itself was a masterpiece of corporate non-logic. The actual boss did not attend. An accountant showed up instead to explain that there would be a formal letter outlining the performance issues, but it was meant to be motivating rather than punitive. A motivational disciplinary letter. When pressed for specific examples of what went wrong, the accountant referenced a general complaint from the first few months on the job, something nobody had brought up since. When asked when exactly the performance had improved, there was no clear answer available.