Today reality & tomorrow’s threat – always & ever
How to deal with a layoff?….. I don’t know but I know for sure, on how to survive one 😀 (I’ve never got laid off thankfully…in my short corporate career of 11 years)
You’re 25, 30, 34, 39, 45, 50, 55 or 60…it doesn’t matter
You’re a high performer….it doesn’t matter (if the boss is not on your side)
You think you’re an asset to the company?…it doesn’t matter (they think you’re a liability)
You think you have built a network for the rainy day?…it doesn’t matter (none is going to lend you an umbrella)
You think you’ve arrived / indispensable for a company….it doesn’t matter (until the day they suddenly lay you off)
You think the company remembers you…it doesn’t matter (a company never remembers you)
You think your colleagues are your extended family….it doesn’t matter (they treat you that way 😁) a little sarcasm:)
You give your time, effort, sweat, blood & DNA to the company for life…it just doesn’t matter (they treat you as dispensable as a used tissue 🤷🏼♂)
Like it or not – THIS IS THE REALITY on the ground
So….
SAVE
INVEST
KEEP IT SAFE
Your Saved Money is going to save you, not the company which took everything from you in return for a “medium of exchange” called money
Work…is a transactional relationship with the company (ah, no….people within the company are that way too – survival – everyone for themselves)
And the future is filled with work life, in-between layoffs
So –
Be Yourself
Be Self Sufficient
Be Independent
Be Resourceful (to yourself & to others who value you as a resource)
Be Grateful 🙏🏻
Layoff?….not to worry🥵
You have laid enough eggs full of monetary invested resources to save yourself 🙏🏼