Spidey Sense 101 - Predicting and Preparing for Layoffs
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008How to predict and prepare for layoffs
(Originally prepared for BALU Barcamp/LUGFest ‘07)
What?
This post deals with identifying the organizational behaviors that *may* lead to layoffs. This post may be a wake up call for some. Hopefully, most in the audience will breath a sigh of relief that their current employer doesn’t have these traits.
These traits were observed from within the development / IT arm of various companies, so that is the point of view expressed. Many of the items below are valid regardless of the size or ownership of the company. I’ve just observed them in these contexts.
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