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Walking away (from a job that’s going away) on your terms

Posted 49 weeks 3 days ago by Julie Rains

Have you just gotten a disciplinary notice after years of stellar performance? If you have and you’ve read Paul Michael’s You're Fired! 20 signs that a pink-slip is coming … (#14) you sense that you're in trouble. Rather than let the progressive disciplinary madness continue, take action. Here’s what a friend of mine did, after we talked and I agreed with him that a reprimand delivered by human resources most likely portended termination. First I want to tell you about his accomplishments; he had (for the employer who was looking to fire him):

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You’re Fired! 20 signs that a pink-slip is coming.

Posted 1 year ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Career and Income

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There are two types of employee. One has a good idea of what they do, who they are and what position they play in the company. They are savvy. They know the score. They are under no delusions, and will no doubt leave for another job long before they are ever considered as cannon-fodder.

And then there’s the other kind. The guy who could get Gandhi to hate him. The woman who spends most of her day chatting on the phone to friends or doing online shopping. Or the nice chap in sales who is completely oblivious that the recent merger means his job is now obsolete. They all have Ostrich Syndrome. They couldn’t see a pink slip coming if it was 8ft tall and glowing in the dark, screaming “you’re fired!”

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