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Warning Signs You're About to be Laid-Off

posted by martyb on Wednesday December 23 2015, @07:32AM   
from the it's-never-easy dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

It's the holidays and many people are feeling cheerful, but if you're feeling Grinch-like instead this one's for you:

If you've been around for a while, the time will eventually come when a company you work for is in unfortunate shape and will need to "downsize." Having witnessed this at a client of mine this week, I've noticed a pattern and a few warning signs you may find useful...

Here are several warning signs you're about to be laid-off. If you've noticed more than perhaps one of these, your Spidey-Sense should be tingling—it's time to start polishing that resume/CV!
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  I. Backups
"Have you backed-up all your work to XYZ?"
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  II. Training
"Please train your co-worker on X, we need everyone up to speed on these components."
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  III. Important Project or Person MIA
Just like the old Christmas movie, It's a Wonderful Life, where the very existence of the main character is erased from history, a similar fate will happen to $BIG_PROJECT or important people.
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  IV. Mandatory Meeting
Subject: Moving Forward in $YEAR+1

Content-free meeting invitations or email focused on date periods, especially late-in the year (a nod to tax purposes). "Let's discuss our plan for 2016." **gulp**

That's my list for now, please chime in with any others you can think of.

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Original Submission

• When management says you are not When management says you are not (Score: 1) by pinchy on Wednesday December 23 2015, @02:59PM

  by pinchy (777) on Wednesday December 23 2015, @02:59PM (#280221) Journal

  Ive worked some blue collar jobs in a past life and a couple of times rumors would start on the shop floor that there is going to be a layoff.
  Eventually management would call a company meeting and lie to your face "dont listen to what you've heard you'll all have still have your job" yadda yadda.
  Then few weeks later boom laid off. The last place just completely closed up for good.

  I always take managements word with a grain of salt.
  Even in white collar places I see them send people out the door that have been working there 20 years but keep or hire more contractors with names I cant pronounce.

• sound less racist (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 23 2015, @08:35PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 23 2015, @08:35PM (#280370)

  Soylentils, you're smarter than this.

  If you want to NOT sound racist, but the detail that sticks with you is not knowing how to pronounce such new team-mates, instead of

  "with names I cant pronounce"

  try

  "with names I haven't yet learned to pronounce"

  otherwise it comes across as "welcome to america, speak american now please, your name is now smith, too"

  Parent