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Tips for your sanity in uncertain employment times
Your Workplace is Not Your Family
And your coworkers are not your friends
“I knew I should have been looking for a job, but just having lost one, I felt kind of unmotivated. Depressed. Useless. I couldn’t even keep a job. What kind of loser can’t even do a job well enough to just stay employed?”
― Craig R. Key, Counting Losses
Firing Season
As we approach the “firing season” time of year, there are things all of us who work need to remember. I call this the “firing season” because now is when companies realize they will not meet or beat expectations in time for either October or December financial reporting. October is the year-end of the fiscal year for companies that work with the government, and December is the year-end reporting period for most other companies.
For layoffs to positively affect the bottom line, they need to occur at least three months before year-end. The sooner, the better. When leadership decides that a layoff will be the tool to prove to shareholders, that the company is serious about its commitment to making money and meeting financial objectives there is no turning back. I have worked for Fortune Fifty companies where August was the decision month; we interpolated our results…
