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Be Prepaired to get Tossed Under the Bus

So the layoff is done.  You desk is cleaned out and your years of serviced have been reduced to a couple of cardboard boxes.  What comes next will vary for different people and will depend on the type of position you had.  If you had a position that was middle to upper levels in the company [...]

Terminated – Get it in Writing!

So you are getting terminated or as some may call it, a causality of a Reduction in Force.  I cannot begin to tell you now important it is to get things in writing, even emails are better than nothing when you are getting RIFed/lay-ed off/fired/terminated or whatever the term of the day is.  Having both your [...]

What to say when you are RIFed

There have been tons of articles written on the subject.  Some by people who have been through it, others who haven’t.  Personally, I have been on both sides of that desk, so I do know what is running through peoples heads.  Take the following as my personal spin on what is going on during the actual [...]