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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+1Content-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.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by iamjacksusername on Wednesday December 23 2015, @03:54PM
This applies more to large scale layoffs in large companies; when routine CapEx starts getting delayed without explanation, that's invariably a sign that somebody in the central office knows something is up. E.g., if your creaky PBX running Warp 4 was scheduled for replacement in the current FY and, suddenly, you cannot get an answer on when you will get final signoff on the previously approved replacement budget, it is definitely time to look for a new job. You can replace "PBX" with any business critical customer facing CapEx item for the same result.
When a company is willing to let a customer facing system fail and negatively affect the business, then you know management does not care about the business; in a large company, it has been my experience that this occurrence generally means the business unit has now become a sunk cost to be tied off with a balance sheet charge in the next quarter.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 23 2015, @08:43PM
G'day
Sounds like the DHS