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How to Survive a Layoff

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How to Survive a Layoff

Dear CC: We're expecting layoffs at my company. Anything I can do to increase my odds of survival?

browniesDo you know how to bake? Brownies are a nice way to avoid the ax . . . Always do your best to make sure that your job isn't redundant with many others; that you're garnering allies outside your own immediate sphere; that you're developing skills geared toward the growth of the company; that you have some sense of your tangible value (e.g., that idea of yours brought in nine new clients). And that you have some heavy bond paper handy on which to print your up-to-date résumé.

 

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Cubicle

Call me "CC," Cubicle Coach. I have been "you" and now I can hire "you." I have many years of experience playing the angles, doing the dance. In my time, I've seen 'em all - the strivers, the poseurs, the weasels, the Eeyores, and the precious few who "just get it." I'll tell it to you straight.

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