Dont write for my carnivals!

Dont write for my carnivals! Little change of plans Ill do the summary later (sometime this year) because I want to put more time into it. And, because something else came up keep reading Last night I get a call from one of my carnival entrants. They had just gotten laid off. Irony of ironies, this person constructed a thoughtful response to my question starting YIKES (dont worry, I wont put the whole question here, its been in posts all week ;)) and they would do this and that and that and this. I imagine this person had a fitful night, and hope that they wake up and read through the other submissions that Ive put in from Monday through Thursday. I dont agree with all of it but I do agree with most of it (99%) there are some amazing pearls of wisdom in there. So, make a mental note to yourself, the next time I do a carnival, and it talks about how you would respond to an unfavorable situation it is probably best to not participate Really, though, heres the issue. You are a hard worker. You are a valuable employee. You give 110% all the time, and more when required. You dont waste your employers time or money. You are as loyal as they come. You add value, increase revenue, cut costs. Honestly, I dont care. And your employer doesnt either. You are minutes away from losing your job, and many times for reasons that are completely outside of your control: Company merger or aquisition Poor management, immature management, micromanager has a bad day Business strategy and/or execution problems Your contract or project loses its funding you get the point. I used to think that if you lost your job it was because you were incompetent. But I came to realize (Im slow) that so many times people that are awesome employees get the ax because of things that are completely out of their control. If I was sitting in a cubicle, or better, a corner office, Id take the time to read through the carnival posts carefully and figure out a game plan. The imaginary problem is lets say I get laid off today at 5pm. What is my plan? Dont believe it cant happen to you. Dont write for my carnivals! Little change of plans Ill do the summary later (sometime this year) because I want to put more time into it. And, because something else came up keep reading Last night I get a call from one of my carnival entrants. They had just gotten laid off. Irony of ironies, this person constructed a thoughtful response to my question starting YIKES (dont worry, I wont put the whole question here, its been in posts all week ;)) and they would do this and that and that and this. I imagine this person had a fitful night, and hope that they wake up and read through the other submissions that Ive put in from Monday through Thursday. I dont agree with all of it but I do agree with most of it (99%) there are some amazing pearls of wisdom in there. So, make a mental note to yourself, the next time I do a carnival, and it talks about how you would respond to an unfavorable situation it is probably best to not participate Really, though, heres the issue. You are a hard worker. You are a valuable employee. You give 110% all the time, and more when required. You dont waste your employers time or money. You are as loyal as they come. You add value, increase revenue, cut costs. Honestly, I dont care. And your employer doesnt either. You are minutes away from losing your job, and many times for reasons that are completely outside of your control: Company merger or aquisition Poor management, immature management, micromanager has a bad day Business strategy and/or execution problems Your contract or project loses its funding you get the point. I used to think that if you lost your job it was because you were incompetent. But I came to realize (Im slow) that so many times people that are awesome employees get the ax because of things that are completely out of their control. If I was sitting in a cubicle, or better, a corner office, Id take the time to read through the carnival posts carefully and figure out a game plan. The imaginary problem is lets say I get laid off today at 5pm. What is my plan? Dont believe it cant happen to you. Dont write for my carnivals! Little change of plans Ill do the summary later (sometime this year) because I want to put more time into it. And, because something else came up keep reading Last night I get a call from one of my carnival entrants. They had just gotten laid off. Irony of ironies, this person constructed a thoughtful response to my question starting YIKES (dont worry, I wont put the whole question here, its been in posts all week ;)) and they would do this and that and that and this. I imagine this person had a fitful night, and hope that they wake up and read through the other submissions that Ive put in from Monday through Thursday. I dont agree with all of it but I do agree with most of it (99%) there are some amazing pearls of wisdom in there. So, make a mental note to yourself, the next time I do a carnival, and it talks about how you would respond to an unfavorable situation it is probably best to not participate Really, though, heres the issue. You are a hard worker. You are a valuable employee. You give 110% all the time, and more when required. You dont waste your employers time or money. You are as loyal as they come. You add value, increase revenue, cut costs. Honestly, I dont care. And your employer doesnt either. You are minutes away from losing your job, and many times for reasons that are completely outside of your control: Company merger or aquisition Poor management, immature management, micromanager has a bad day Business strategy and/or execution problems Your contract or project loses its funding you get the point. I used to think that if you lost your job it was because you were incompetent. But I came to realize (Im slow) that so many times people that are awesome employees get the ax because of things that are completely out of their control. If I was sitting in a cubicle, or better, a corner office, Id take the time to read through the carnival posts carefully and figure out a game plan. The imaginary problem is lets say I get laid off today at 5pm. What is my plan? Dont believe it cant happen to you.