It happens.
People get fired. Good people. Sometimes for good reasons. Sometimes not so much. But it happens.
In fact, I’m betting you know someone who’s been fired recently. Someone who sat nearby. Maybe a boss. Maybe it was you.
I had a colleague and friend recently let go, and I found myself wanting to help as much as I possibly could. Which is the normal reaction, I suppose. Unfortunately, what that normally leads to is just a bunch of “wanting” and not a lot of “doing.”
So here are some things I figured I could do to help my friend out that I thought were worth passing along.
There seems to be a disturbing trend in today’s workforce. Too many supervisors are asking their employees to write their own job description. This is stupid, and speaks volumes about the management (basically, that it sucks). A job description should be written to fill a need of the business. It’s purpose is not to communicate [...]
