Posts tagged Laid off
Recession is ending but unemployment rises
Oct 12th
Good news and bad news:
Recession is ending, but unemployment grows
The National Association of Business Economics (NABE) has announced that economic contraction is over and that expansion has begun, signaling the end of the recession. The bad news? Unemployment is still rising, with the unemployment rate forecast to rise to 10 percent in the first quarter of next year.
Why are employees fired?
Oct 8th
- Could this be your fortune?
Let me just start off by saying this: there isn’t one person in this world who, after being fired, sits there without a clue as to why.
Think about that for a moment. What image pops into your head when you think of the word, “fired”? It’s not one of a smiling boss, I’m sure. We’re not talking about lay-offs here. We’re not talking about a company going bankrupt, cutting its workforce, or terminating a branch. Don’t fall into the modern day PC terminology: there is a BIG difference between being fired and laid off. Getting canned, the plain old boot in the ass is never pleasant. But the odds are, you’ve brought it onto yourself.
So what is it that employees do to deserve a kick out the door? The truth of the matter is, most employers do not want to fire anyone. It takes a lot of time and effort to recruit, train, and retain an employee. So if you’ve already been recruited and trained, the job is yours to lose. The biggest force working against you is yourself, and your own perception of what a workplace should be.
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Welcome to Fired!
Oct 7th
Fired! Whether you had no idea this was coming or if you brought it on yourself, this is the beginning of an end. But this isn’t just about what happened. This is about the feeling you have inside once you know you’re a goner. The calm of carelessness you enter after getting past the ideas to murder your boss or go postal on your coworkers. This…is about YOU.
Everyone loves to share! Let’s face it, letting go is bittersweet. For some more sweet, for some more bitter. Join us in discussions about our own experiences, share your stories, ask for advice, or rant & vent about any workplace experience.
Best of all, we’re all people just like you. This isn’t a legal site, we’re not attorneys. We just got great stories. Read on!
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