Need some advice. Monday my boss was fired and they implied it was performance related. They were digging/documenting for anything negative during skip level interviews (was in one). Less than 24 hours after I got a new boss, she emailed myself and HR and laid out several vague performance issues with myself. I Haven’t worked with this person directly for 5 months (she was my manager prior to that 5 months). When I asked during our 1:1 about specific examples based on the letter, she gave vague responses like it happened several months ago or isn’t aware of the specific details but will dig to get the details. Seems either she’s been trying to document any negative thing she can about me during the last several months despite not managing me or a lot of it is fabricated.
Yesterday I found out she scheduled skip level interviews with all my direct reports (similar to what they did when my boss was fired). Fully expect to get fired like my boss later in November. She is very close to our CMO and felt she was sent not only to replace my boss but myself also and they made this decision weeks ago. They are just going through this process to fire us and minimize severance payouts. Expect them to give me the news very soon.
Trying to best prepare myself for actions I should take when they let me go and what I should or should not sign. Could this be a case of retaliation or anything else? Just feels so odd I would get a negative letter to HR one day after my boss was fired and it seems planned out and I am on the list next. Just looking for advice on next steps.