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.Walking from office to office, she noticedthat all the computer screens in the managers offices were coveredwith special privacy shields so that nobody could see what each man-ager was working on.It turns out that management was working ona reduced head count.Layoffs began the following week.The Kinds of Employees Management Lays OffDon t kid yourself.Management will make it as easy as possible onitself when forced to choose layoff candidates.Frequently managersare given a head-count target by human resources but are left to theirown judgment as to which employees to let go.A good rereading ofChapter 4 should give you a solid idea of what character traits man-agers look for in employees they keep and employees they let go dur-ing a layoff.Workers who are frequently absent or late, those who dosloppy work, and gossips and shirkers are at the top of the list of likelycandidates to pack their bags.Conversely, companies often keepworkers with good attendance records, solid communication skills,and multiple workplace strengths when push comes to shove.Whatever you do, don t give management a reason to let yougo.Frequently, layoff lists come down to personality quirks and pol-itics as often as they do to experience and salaries.Here are a fewworkplace traits management will penalize at layoff time: 82 THE CAREER SURVIVAL GUIDECopping a Negative AttitudeComplaining to coworkers about an aspect of your job is not a goodidea.Complaining about coworkers is even worse (and complainingabout a manager may be suicide).Too Cool for SchoolFrom the  It takes one to know one category, management doesn tlike prima donnas (maybe because they remind them of themselves).Therefore, don t be above menial tasks.If the copier jams while you reusing it, don t just walk away; fix it.If you empty the coffee pot, refillit.Sure, they seem like small things, but word will get around thatyou re a team player, and that can give you the edge come layoff timeHelping ThyselfIf you constantly use company resources for personal matters, thiswill reflect poorly on you when job-cut decisions are being made.Many companies monitor their employees use of computers.Usingcompany e-mail to send personal messages, shopping on the Internet,and making too many personal phone calls are considered theft bymany employers.And if you have a reputation as someone who rev-els in the personal phone call, this won t help you either.Job HoppingThis may not seem fair in the information age, where employees canland new jobs on the Internet in days (sometimes hours).But if givena choice, management may opt to keep the person with the stable jobtrack record over the one who s working on her fourth job in 14 months.Curse Your IndependenceAgain, this may not reflect on your job capabilities, but often the firstpeople cut in a layoff are the hoards of independent contractors andfreelancers the company accumulated during the boom times. THE CAREER SURVIVAL GUIDE 83Therefore, if the rumors are flying and you re among the few, theproud, and the chosen of the contracting elite, prepare for a direct hitin the coming weeks.The One-Hit WonderDespite plenty of information to the contrary, management isn t stu-pid.Give the option of keeping a computer programmer who canpound out code in five different computing languages and can trou-bleshoot hard-drive problems on the side or keeping a programmerwho can only write programs in one code, management will choosethe former over the latter almost every time.The only exceptions Ican think of are if the one-hit wonder is related to the boss or if hehas incriminating pictures of the boss.Other than this, managementwill go with the multitalented employee every time.Parents Versus SingletonsThere s no telling if a given company makes distinctions about keep-ing working parents over single workers, or vice versa.In many cases,companies love the fact that singletons usually can work those extrahours at night, when most parents are home tucking their little mop-pets into bed.On the other hand, companies like to have a family-friendly image [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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