AFTER a layoff, your self-esteem and personal relationships may take a hit.
It's probably not the best time to ask for a raise when the company has just announced a massive layoff, your boss is stressed out with a huge project, or you've just returned from a two week vacation.
So you survived the latest round of layoffs, but your employer froze your salary and suspended its match to your 401(k).
Months will go by in which they only run positive, upbeat business stories… and then one morning you wake up to the Daily Thanatopsis months of falling economic indicators with your coffee, endless layoffs with your bran muffin.
But with layoffs hitting your best friends and your own company hinting at pay cuts, how can you justify it?
Customer layoffs remove your advocates and disrupt communication.
Dear Readers, What would happen if you were hit with an unexpected medical bill, a layoff, or your adult son or daughter needed a quick loan to get out of a financial jam?
Whether you're frustrated because you didn't hit your sales numbers, or sad that layoffs have impacted your department, negative emotions have a place at work, like it or not.
Whether you're frustrated because you didn't hit your sales numbers, or angry that your colleague was promoted instead of you, or sad that layoffs have impacted your department, negative emotions have a place at work, like it or not.
Even if you hated your job, even if you prayed you would be in the next round of layoffs, this was your livelihood.
