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Maybe if you are a kiss ass, you never get laid off?
I think this is the most accurate assessment in all of the Posts!! I think a lot of it is Luck and CYA unfortunately. Sometimes NOT thinking outside of the box and being status quo is exactly what will keep someone from being laid off!!
In all honesty, your best chance of keeping your job is if the decision makers LIKE you. Period. so, you need to make them like you either through being invaluable or by kissing a$$.
Initially, I think it's getting rid of crummy workers - even if they just say it's a no-fault layoff. Once those are gone, I think it's purely a numbers game.
Being friends with HR wouldn't make any difference. They are pure expense to a company and candidates for layoffs too. Plus, they just do what they are told.
Initially, I think it's getting rid of crummy workers - even if they just say it's a no-fault layoff. Once those are gone, I think it's purely a numbers game.
Being friends with HR wouldn't make any difference. They are pure expense to a company and candidates for layoffs too. Plus, they just do what they are told.
I been surprised to hear even in this economy that lots of companuies who laid off workers rehired ome of them at their same salaries because they realized they cut too deep.
I have heard of corps who have laid off the workers. Then hire them back as consultants, paying them 2x what they used to pay them. (but they're not on the books). And 2 years later they are still "consultants". Guess you shouldn't have laid them off huh?!
I worked for for the same company for 25 year after changing jobs as the opportunties became available. Saw alot of people not make it but that really depended on them. I have to say thinking that showing upon time is working got common with some at the at the last or playing around thinking no one knew what they were doing.Also stayed away from office politics and personality conflicts. Bascailly just made sure I was valuable.
I just made 15 years this month, since my last layoff
I always look for the writing on the wall and tend to be a bit paranoid. I worked for a couple of really badly managed companies, so I know all the signs. So I start looking for a new job. I average one new job every two years. Not all have been because I was worried about layoff's but enough
Moving jobs this much can hurt. But some things that I can usually guarantee: 1. I am probably the lowest paid. 2. They think I am young (shouldn't matter but it does sometimes). 3. keeps my skills up to date. I can bring new ideas to a company that probably hasn't changed it ways in the past 10 or 15 years.
I agree with lovetheduns. Keep those skills fresh and up to date. Think outside the box. Just because you work in the office doesn't mean you can't go out to the warehouse and see how they do things (as one example).
Oh, just plain old luck helps too I am an automotive engineer in MI that's still employed so I know what I am talking about I have been waiting to get laid off for two years now. Feelin that itch though!
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