Jan 21 2009
Don’t Take It Personally
Sometimes businesses must make decisions to decrease costs that involve things like RIF’s (Reductions in Force, or layoffs). Having been through this myself at Amazon.com in 2000, I know the overwhelming panic and sense of betrayal that sets in. It is hard not to take something like your job personally.
But honestly, it is very seldom personal. Hard as it is to accept, sometimes we just have to understand that a business is just that. And although people make up the business, it is still an entity, without prejudice.
The lesson I learned from my own layoff? I have since not become as emotionally invested in my job. I gave my heart and soul to my group, and I went through a very real grieving period that impaired me for several months. But in the end, I was stronger for it.
So see my post for surviving layoffs if you find yourself with a “pink slip” in hand.
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