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Being threatened with a PIP is never a good thing.
In fact, the moment someone even utters PIP, that's a sign for you to start looking. OP has been there a few years so no worries about too short of a tenure.
Remember, it's not as easy as looking and applying for a job one day, getting an interview the next. These things can take time, especially these days. So brush up the resume and start applying.
If you are constantly producing positive results for the company and receive a poor performance review, it is time to move on. Companies that desire to retain underachievers to produce negative results will struggle.
I had my annual performance review last week and my boss gave me a 2 out of 5 on being adaptable and accountable (Everything else was OK).
There are two of us who work together on projects, so teamwork is essential to my job. I have no say in who is hired to be my coworker. Things were OK prior to my last coworker who was hired ~3 months ago. She refused to return emails and if I reached her by phone, she would hang up with some excuse. Both of us work remotely, so I can't walk over to her desk. I had to tell my boss that I wasn't able to do my job because she refused to communicate with me. Due to this, and other issues, she was fired a couple weeks ago.
Now my boss says I am not adaptable because I couldn't figure out how to communicate with her and I'm not accountable because I didn't have the information needed to do my job from my coworker. Her replacement starts tomorrow. He has said that if there are issues with the new person, I will be put on a PIP.
I have been in this position for several years and all my previous performance reviews were decent. There were no verbal or written warnings prior to this performance review. I feel like my boss is blaming me for his making a bad hire. Given the situation, I'm not sure what I should do. Should I try and stick this out? Or should I just look for a new job? It feels like I'm being setup.
Let it go. The same thing happened to me as a teaching assistant during the summer. I was under an absentee (adjunct) professor and I made three attempts in the first week of the semester to meet her to discuss course issues. Every single time she either cancelled at the last minute or simply did not show up. She eventually told me there would simply be no meetings.
And then I found out that I got some negative evaluations by students who cited "poor communication with the instructor".
Yeah, doesn't look good. Start looking for a new gig.
But here's an extra suggestion: Just to cover your tush and for fun, I would ask your boss what you SHOULD have done to handle the situation with your coworker. Ask for specifics. Odds are good he won't be able to articulate anything different from what you did. Whatever his response, document it.
Honestly, if you've gotten satisfactory reviews over the years with no problems with coworkers and this one employee had a hand in your performance issues, your boss's response is very strange. Time to polish up the ol' resume.
I don't think your boss is necessarily trying to push you out the door right now, but by giving you this score in writing, he's laying the groundwork for setting you up as the scapegoat should the new hire also not work out. If the rest of your review was OK, as you say, then it is legitimately possible that he felt you should have tried harder to make it work with the co-worker - but I'm getting the vibe that he's trying to cover his own behind after making a bad hire.
And I agree with Suburban_Guy - in (almost) all cases, PIPs are basically a 30-90 day notice that you're going to be fired. Anytime one is mentioned, even if not enacted, it would be wise to start looking immediately.
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