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So we all know times tough, but when your boss sends you this email what should you think?

Love Your Job? Then Save It!

If you're worried about getting laid off here's some consolation.  So is everyone else.  But if you love your job, now's the time to fight for it!  Follow these do's and don't to raise the odds that your jobs stays, well, yours.

Do Take credit, but don't walk around with a big neon sign
that says "I'm GREAT," says career coach Marie McIntyre.  "Look for opportunities to let people know what you're doing."  One good strategy Create a paper trail by copying your boss on e-mail (selectively!).  And periodically take the initiative to send a summary of what you're working on. 

Do volunteer for more work
Companies are making cuts, so someone needs to pick up the extra work.  Do it with a smile, and you're a dream employee.

Do chat up your boss and your boss's boss
If you're at the cafeteria, strike up a conversation.  "Executives love to talk about business, and they're often as uneasy talking with you as you are with them," says McIntyre.  Be ready with a question, like "I just read about something our competitor's doing.  What's your take on that?

Don't be high maintenance
Even if layoffs are necessary they can also serve as an excuse for companies to fire people they wanted to get rid of anyway.  Why?  The most frequent issue is attitude.  People who are demanding, difficult, or whiny, or otherwise take up too much of their manager's energy are the first to go.  If you need something from your boss, there's a right and wrong way to ask.  "Use the magic phrase, 'I really want to make this work,'" suggests Deborah Brown Volkman, a career coach who specializes in counseling financial services professionals.  Be clear you're committed to finding a solution that helps the company.  "The worst approach is 'I don't have this, I don't have that,'" Brown Volkman says.  Instead, show how your business will benefit from a fix.  If you can't, then let it go.  And always be ready with a solution or two.  The bottom line, Make your boss's job easier, not harder.

Do feel your boss's pain
If you feel as if you're being marginalized, talk with your manager and find out what his or her priorities are these days.  Ask your boss, "What are your biggest goals right now, and how can I help?"

Don't ask for a raise or a promotion
Be patient, and be grateful for now that you've got a job.

Do stay informed
Set a Google alert for your company so that you're up on what's going on.  You'll have a better sense for when layoffs are coming.  Plus, smart employees know how their piece of the business fits into the larger picture of what's happening at the company.

Don't Telecommute
"[Bosses] tent to fire people they don't like or don't know," says Stephen Viscusi, author of [i]Bulletproof Your Job[/b].  Working from home or part-time makes it harder for your boss to know you, so avoid it if you can.

Do a self-review
Try this exercise: Imaging your boss, your boss's boss, and the HR director all sitting in a room, categorizing people.  What are they going to say about you?  How much do they value your work?

Do arrive early and stay late
This is obvious and no longer optional.  Make your commitment visible by pulling long hours.  Also, lay off the text messaging or personal calls during business hours.

Don't be eccentric
Now's the time to fit in completely.  "Buy some Crest White Strips.  Look like you belong there." says career expert Stephen Viscusi.  "Don't wear perfume or cologne, because maybe you're wearing the perfume of your boss's ex-wife."

Don't gossip about the company
It's tempting to compare notes with co-workers, but obsessing about your fears will only distract you from being productive.  "It's a diversion of your energy, and whatever answers you're coming up with aren't that helpful," says Haberfeld.

Don't panic!
There may still be a way to save your job if your boss tells you you're being laid off.  "These are the words you always hear: 'Listen, we have to let you go - it's a numbers thin,'" says Viscusi.  He suggests negotiating and offering to take less pay or work fewer days in the week.  "If they still say no," he says, "now you're calling their bluff, allowing yourself to open a bigger severance envelope."  That's because if a company has trouble explaining why it fired you, there's room for you to sue for wrongful termination.  Some managers might decide its easier to throw some money in your direction now than risk losing more down the road.


Guess he has me by the short hairs...























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Last edited by GodFather (2009-02-09 22:40:34)

Do bend over and let the boss fuck you now so he can get used to fucking you later.  you give an employer an inch and he'll take all 6ft to hang your ass.

GodFather wrote:

VicktorVauhn wrote:

Why did you make it such a pita to read by hiding all that?

Just read my post?

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Funny there was a hot chick at my work. All she did was shake her chest and become a project manager over night. I shook my chest and the next day I was tasked to take out the trash...wtf.

update: oh yah take out the trash with a SMILE....i get it now /sarcasm

Last edited by loubot (2009-02-10 15:20:43)

Do not make unnecessary spoilers boxes rendering the post difficult to read.


You're fired.

Thanks Godfather, those hides were annoying lol