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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (436194)	11/21/2008 10:29:15 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1573866

"One mistake.....one slip up and you're screwed." You don't have to "slip up". Even management's heroes get laid off, often to their total shock and surprise, followed by feelings of betrayal. Often because they are more highly compensated, to save bucks. But, it's not personal, and shouldn't be taken personally. It's not about YOU, or the job you were doing for the company. Often, the people who are really screwed are the one's that survive the cut. They're going to be laid off in the next round, but in the meantime, they have to do the work their cashiered co-workers were doing, plus their own. Then, when they do get laid off, the parachutes are smaller, if they still exist at all. All it takes is crappy business conditions, like now.