Let’s pluck the link ”30 Signs You’re About to Lose Your Job” out from the chorus line of the last post and give it a starring role here. Or at least a co-starring one. Because apparently, there’s a cottage industry on the Web in letting people know the signs that they’re about to be fired. A quick Google search turns up a host of links, including these:

• How to Tell You are about to Lose Your Job (suite101.com)
• 5 signs you are about to lose your job (Consumerism Commentary)
• You’re Fired! 20 signs that a pink slip is coming (Wise Bread)
• 6 Signs You Are About to Lose Your Job (Career Vanity)
• The Perils of Employment: Are You About To Be Let Go? (The Effective Admin)
• 6 Signs Your Job May Be In Jeopardy (Hotjobs)

Here are some of the more entertaining indicators, gleaned from these lists:

• Your workspace is moved to an undesirable location.
• You’ve seen a job posting that sounds an awful lot like your job.
• A subordinate is beginning to ask you questions about your responsibilities.
• People whisper more, or the conversation changes as you approach.
• People avoid you at all costs
• People hate you. I mean, really despise you with a passion.

There. Don’t say you weren’t warned.

Posted on September 22, 2009 at 9:17 pm
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