Why has your blog gone soft?
Hans J.
Hi, Hans J.
Low CTR on ED ads!
Tom
Hey, Dr. Tom!
Layoffs are coming to my office. What can I do to better prepare for the inevitable?
CSMF
Hi, CS
You need to own this. If you feel vulnerable, remove any doubt from your employer’s mind that you should go and be the one that must go. Come in at 10, go home at 2. Throw in a two-hour, alcohol-fueled lunch and you get the idea.
A former co-worker of mine was on the block and he went this route. He started coming in later than normal, took a bunch of “sick” days, came to work all coked up, etc. Being idealistic, I took it upon myself to chew him out and tell him to “sack up” and be a pro. Needless to say, he was let go for cause four weeks before the rest of us got the “right-sizing” axe.
In addition to shortening your work day, I suggest you take this approach:
- Sleep during meetings and wake up shouting, “What do you mean I don’t make enough to logon to ‘TheLadders.com’?”
- Call everyone “mathafacka” in your best Eminem voice.
- Tell all the women in your office how much you love the song “Let’s Pretend We’re Married” by Prince and just leave it at that.
The point here is use your imagination, because you’ll never know when you’ll get laid off again (probably is six months).
Tom
P.S. My heart is going to burst because it's full of rainbows.
Dr. Tom is not a real doctor. He calls himself since that his right as a holder of a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from U.C. Santa Cruz.
Good point Dr. Tom. Someone may be able to take away your job but no one can take away your Imagination.
ReplyDeleteWhat's that about rainbows? Are you getting soft or are the RAINbows you are referring to representing a possible thunder storm?