The prospect of downsizing is always painful, even for key employees in any organization. The threat of losing a job can also hang over a once irreplaceable employee. And in order not to get laid off, it is necessary, at the very first prerequisites, to qualitatively reconsider your work habits.
As a rule, information about the upcoming layoff comes to the work collective long before an official decision is made by the management. It can be gossip and guesswork of especially inquisitive employees. Of course, there is no need to react to every such message. But if there are at least some economic prerequisites for this, then gossip should be heeded.
When reducing staff, the head relies on the law, which clearly regulates persons who are not threatened with layoff. These include pregnant women, as well as mothers of minor children and children with disabilities. Also, the reduction does not threaten employees who are on sick leave.
The career destinies of everyone else are in the hands of the manager and the HR department. As a rule, the criteria by which the decision on the reduction is made are reduced to labor productivity, education, the level of professional competence, as well as personal qualities.
Workhorse
First of all, those who do not bring direct financial profit to the company, i.e. office staff whose functions can be easily redistributed. In contrast, workers' specialties - drivers, cooks, builders, salespeople, etc. often keep their jobs.
If there is a threat of layoff, you should think about becoming a specialist who is ready to retrain or take on additional workload. For example, the professional value of a lawyer increases if he takes an interest in personnel matters. A hotel administrator who is ready to perform the functions of a driver for management after work will also look much more valuable than an employee who, for every convenient reason, is covered by a job description.
In order not to lose your job, you should not give up overtime work. Demonstrate to management a willingness to sacrifice free time and hobbies towards a common corporate goal.
No sick leave
A valuable employee is a healthy employee. No matter how cynical it may sound, employees who regularly take sick leave are not honored by picky managers.
You need to be a truly indispensable specialist in order to leave the workplace on a quarterly basis due to illness.
Therefore, it is better to take care of your immunity: start hardening, drink a vitamin complex and go in for sports. Well, in case of illness, if possible, it is better to volunteer to do the amount of work at home - the management will certainly appreciate the responsibility of such a specialist.
Joy of work
Even the seemingly unbiased leader ends up evaluating the work collective with a healthy dose of subjectivity. After all, he is also a man. Therefore, it is much easier for a director to say goodbye to an employee who is not happy with his job than to his colleague, who is grateful to the company for the opened professional spaces.
Almost every team has specialists who now and then talk about new vacancies that are offered to them, complain about low salaries and uncomfortable conditions. It is much easier for a manager to refuse such an employee than from one who loves his workplace and his job. This healthy corporate gratitude is worth a lot.
