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Ten Signs You Are About to Be Fired Related Links 10 Careers Ready to Skyrocket in the Next Decade Obama's Net Worth-Plus 2010 Updates! Top 10 Wealthiest Zip Codes in America Yoga Workout at Your Desk Work At Home Latest Listings Waist-to-Hip The New Number That Counts What Does George Bush make? Read What Obama, Clinton, McCain and other politicians rake in Foods That Strengthen Erectile Performance Exercises That Improve Erectile Function Six Pack Abs The Work-outs That Work What Is Normal Height for a Man? July 15, 2008, Last Updated March 10, 2011 By: Editors, MangoBoss These days, you don't have to look far to find the unemployed. In fact, not to be cynical, but your chances of being unemployed are about as high as they have been in more than a generation. The latest jobs figures for February 2011 from the US Labor Department put the unemployment rate at 8.9% in the U.S. The broader unemployment rate is 15.9%, once you count the people who are working part-time because they can't find full-time jobs and those who have just plain given up. And the news is just as bad or even worse in many other countries around the world. France has a chronic 10% unemployment rate, Spain's unemployment rate is near 20% and even the U.K.'s unemployment rate is 7.9%. So, if you are one of the fortunate ones who still has a job, how do know whether your employer is planning to lay you off? Ever wonder whether you are about to be fired? You talk to your buddy at work about your fears. But what does he know? He may be fired too. Here then are 10 signs you are about to be fired, culled from people who have been or are in positions to hire and fire people. 1. No New Assignments. This is the Number One sign that you are about to be fired. Business is a matter of money in and money out. To your boss, you either represent money-in or money-out. New assignments are money-in. If you are an employer, you never give new assignments to a person who is on the way out. Never give money-in to a source that is money-out. 2. Left Out of Meetings. You're no longer being called to attend essential meetings. It's not a mistake that you were left off. The meeting was about you or your department. 3. Hours Are Cut Back. Any cut back in your hours is bad news. Employers cut hours as a friendly signal to nudge you out the door. Killing you softly, so to speak. 4. Left Out of Training and Development. There's a conference the job pays for that pertains to your job and budget is no longer available. It means the job is no longer investing in you. You are viewed as Money-out. 5. Managers Don't Look You Straight In the Eye. This is a dead giveaway. After the decision has been made to let you go, those who know will avert their eyes when they see you coming because they have been instructed not to divulge the information to you. 6. Left Out of After-Work Hangouts or Socializing. If the managers have a custom of drinking or hanging out after hours and somehow somebody forgets to tell you, it's a sign. They want to relax in this setting and they know you're out, which makes them tense. So they avoid you to avoid bringing the mood down. 7. Your Rabbi Gets Axed. Everybody who is successful has a "rabbi" at work, someone who looks out for them, puts in a good word. A protector. If your rabbi is canned, you will be next. 8. Secretarial Re-assignments. You used to have a secretary to yourself and now they've decided to make you share. Or, they add a third person to share the secretary you are already sharing with another person. Message-- you can't bring enough money to justify your secretary. 9. You Make Too Much. Usually, chopping starts not at the top --no one ever fired themselves at the top-- and not at the bottom. Why? The people at the bottom don't cost much. It's the middle that gets chopped. And who in the middle? The higher-earners among the middle swath. 10. You Are Over 40. Sad truth, older workers are viewed as more expendable and more expensive, especially in jobs that match 401(k) plans. Older workers are nearer retirement so they sock away money in the 401(k)s, which have to be matched if your employer has a "matching" plan. Sources: www.ipl.org; Time Magazine; Congressional Quarterly. |
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