On a PIP, letting someone go, or closing an LLC?
ExitCleanly has free, state-by-state guides for three hard moments at work: what to do when you are put on a performance improvement plan or laid off, how to let an employee go and meet your state's final-paycheck rule, and how to dissolve an LLC with the right form for your state.
No account needed. Not legal advice; every state guide links to the official agency.
Which one are you dealing with?
Pick your situation. Each path starts with the guide most readers in your shoes open first.
Put on a PIP, or laid off
What a performance improvement plan really signals, whether to resign or work through it, and what resigning does to unemployment benefits.
- Resign or take the PIP?
- Does a PIP mean you're fired?
- Resigning during a PIP and unemployment
- What does laid off mean?
- Filing for unemployment after a layoff
Letting an employee go
Your state's final-paycheck rule, the steps in the right order, and a free termination letter you can copy.
- Termination laws by state
- Final paycheck laws by state
- Free termination letter tool
- Employee write-up form
- PIP template for managers
Closing an LLC
The form your state wants, where to file it, the fee and where it comes from, and the tax accounts to close afterwards.
- How to dissolve an LLC
- Close an LLC you never used
- LLC dissolution fees by state
- Free dissolution wizard
How do we keep it accurate?
Official sources
Every state guide links to the agency that publishes the form. Fees and final-pay deadlines show the official page we read and the date; where we have not read one yet, the guide says so.
Free tools
The dissolution wizard, the termination letter tool and the calculators run in your browser, with no account and nothing to buy.
Labelled partners
A few pages link to LawDepot letter builders, the Rezi resume builder or the Bizee and LegalZoom dissolution filing services. Those links say "Paid link" and never change the steps we recommend.
Which state are you in?
Letting an employee go
Closing an LLC
Common questions
Is ExitCleanly free?
Yes. Every guide, wizard and calculator is free with no account, and ExitCleanly sells no products of its own. A few pages link to partners (LawDepot letter builders, the Rezi resume builder, the Bizee and LegalZoom dissolution filing services); those links are labelled "Paid link", and we may earn a commission if you buy.
Is this legal advice?
No. ExitCleanly is information and tools that link every state guide to the official agency, but it is not a law firm and not legal, tax, or financial advice. Confirm with the relevant agency and a licensed professional before filing.
Do you cover my state?
Yes, all 50 states and DC. Each LLC guide names the form and the agency that takes it, and each termination guide gives the state's final-paycheck rule and says whether we have checked it at the official source. A filing fee is quoted with the date we read it on the agency's own fee page; where we have not read it yet, the guide links to the state's page instead.
What can I do on ExitCleanly?
Decide whether to resign or work through a PIP, check your state's rules before letting an employee go, write a termination letter, dissolve an LLC with your state's form, and estimate a GAP insurance refund, each with a free guide or tool.
These answers are general information, not legal, tax, or financial advice. Rules and fees change and vary by state: confirm current requirements with the relevant government agency and, for your situation, a licensed professional.