I'm a first time mother and 37 weeks pregnant. I was blindsided today when I received notice from HR/my manager that I've been put on a performance improvement plan. I find the timing highly suspicious as I'm 2 weeks away from leave and have 45 days to improve or face termination. It's really frustrating because my performance review in December indicated I met expectations, and now I'm being told I've only occasionally met them. There was no communication about my shortcomings until today.
My boss has been really supportive up to now, even threw me a virtual baby shower. Honestly I'm feeling pretty betrayed that this was sprung on me out of the blue. Admittedly there's some things I could improve on, but I don't think anything I've done warrants being fired over. To top it all off, I was given a shitty 1% raise for the year.
I'm going to look for another job while I'm on leave, and in the mean time I've scheduled a couple consultations with some lawyers. Really don't appreciate this kind of stress right before baby gets here.
I posted this in r/babybumps and am really disgusted with how often this happens to women trying to support their families. I think I'll avoid any mention of baby/personal details while interviewing.