Whereas I imagine most
of my peers clicked through their six - question survey like a
fire - and - forget missile, I kicked things up a notch,
making a simple spreadsheet to log my results, and committing to doing the same simple exercise, year in and year
out, for the rest
of my
career.
You just got laid off, let go, subject to a Reduction in Force (RiF), discharged, rendered obsolete,
made redundant, terminated, part
of an «Involuntary Employee Resource Program», you have been «promoted to being a customer», right - sized, been offered the opportunity explore new
career options, your job was outsourced, the operation was moved off - shore, restructured
out, involuntarily separated, been returned to the talent pool, denied tenure, managed
out, caught in the last round, offered the opportunity to spend more time with family, issued your walking papers, or just plain
fired.