<prompt> Human: Ive been working for a consulting firm for a little over a year, and Im expecting to be asked to resign soon. Im on a performance improvement plan due to low productivity. The job has been drastically different than advertised for, Im not trained for a large portion of it, and Im looking forward to the next step, to finding a better fit.Should I resign before this actually culminates in a proper HR meeting? Should I refuse to resign, instead being fired to collect unemployment? Any experiences? Hoping to stay in my chosen area of expertise, but extremely worried about my current situation.  <response>: I would probably be sprucing up my resume and looking for a job that fits your criteria better than the current job.If you get a job before they fire you great. If you dont get a job prior to that, get terminated and take unemployment. There is no practical difference between being fired and resigning other than one if coming from the employers at will and one is coming from the employees at will. So long as you act professional regardless of this not being what you signed up for most companies will not go out of their way to make your life miserable when they are firing you, make sure of any policies in regards to references and move on from your job. 