Employees Fired First When Fired
We’ve shown you how to prepare if you think you’ll lose your job, and this tool will even give you a rough idea of your chances. But on Credit.com, writer Nickel Murphy lists some specific types of employees who tend to leave first when they lay off.
Some of them are pretty obvious, like the slackers who don’t seem to care about the job to begin with. However, other examples are less obvious. Employees who are too expensive for the company may also be the first to hit the block, but as Murphy explains, it’s not just about salaries:
… “costs” are not only monetary. If an employee’s personal or office drama hinders productivity, and the boss spends more time as a referee or advisor than as a manager, a layoff period can be an easy way to cut back on employees who waste company time. “Working with this person takes too much of the manager’s time, and layoffs are a great excuse to get rid of such a person,” summarizes Keirsey.
And sometimes the first to leave are those whose work is easy to outsource:
According to one Global Research report, about 14 million U.S. jobs are at risk of being outsourced to other, cheaper labor around the world.
It used to be thought that only call center employees and customer service representatives were at the greatest risk of being laid off due to outsourcing, but in today’s digital environment, any work that can be done with an internet connection and phone can potentially be on the line. Positions in areas such as information technology, accounting, and even engineering design now also run the risk of being sent overseas at a lower cost.
Of course, employees who haven’t acquired new skills are also at risk, so it’s worth keeping up with the skills you need for your industry . Layoffs can be intimidating, but they do happen. And when they do, some employees are often the first to leave, so you need to be prepared. For more information, go to the full version of the message at the link below.
Layoffs? 5 Types of Employees Who Are Frequently Fired First | Credit.com