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Category Archives: The Changing Workplace
To Be or Not Be a Commodity – that is your choice
Being a commodity can be very rewarding under the right circumstances. If you are a commodity that commands high wages, you show up, do your job and rake in the money.
Some past examples of this type of commodity were design engineers, system analysts, database administrators, and MBAs from recognized universities.
I was a commodity for the first eleven years of my working life and never knew it. As a computer design engineer I was always getting job offers at higher salaries and as a result, I changed jobs every two and a half years. The fact that I was difficult to manage and didn’t understand office politics made little difference during those golden years. I was a scarce commodity at the time and benefitted greatly from being in that category.
I didn’t realize there was a downside…
Facing Layoffs at 50 -part 2
If you are a hard working and conscientious employee, you are not being laid off because of your performance. Your company has decided to lighten ship and you will be chosen because your manager could not justify keeping you.
You may be able to find another berth in the company if you act fast, but generally all personnel requisitions will have been frozen some time ago.
If you have been networking (hint! hint!) you will probably have some idea what groups in the company are going to be hiring after the layoff is complete and will have a slight chance to interview for the position with the added bonus of being able to come up to speed quickly in the new position.
If you are 50 and are facing layoffs…
If you are an employee in an underperforming company like Sun Microsystems, your manager has been attending meetings to help him deal with the upcoming layoffs. It is the time of year when your company will lay off employees in an attempt to become profitable again.
You are about to begin a very stressful period in your life and I would like to give you some hard-won advice:
Don’t panic. You can find another job, even if you are over 50, but you will do it by networking, not through resume sites, answering ads, or head hunters.
You will experience enough rejection from being laid off. Do NOT invite more rejection by blindly sending out your resume and answering ads.
It must be Friday – they are laying people off again
Forget the Ides of March – it’s the end of another quarter What is discouraging to the loyal corporate employee is that too many companies are managing from quarter to quarter and the team that saved the company last year … Continue reading