I Put my Job in a Can So it Will Never Expire.

You have been a dedicated employee for over 5 years. You have followed all the rules, and regulations of the company. You have showed up on time, worked late hours, filled in for others when they were sick. You have even played "manager” when the real supervisor was out. Now your manager wants to talk to you in their office. Well you didn't do anything bad so it must be a promotion.

You walk into the office with confidence. You know it's either a pay raise, promotion, or recognition. The boss reviews all of the things that you have done for the company. As they take you down reminisce lane, they stop that path with "but".

What could the “but’ be? You have never done anything wrong at the company? So you wait to hear the agonizing detail behind this "but”. They only continue to say "I 'm going to have to let you go."

The first thing that comes to mind is why? Well here comes the bogus excuse. When you finally get down to all the bull crap, basically you got fired or let go. But they felt if they tried to break it down to you easily, then you wouldn't be too upset. Yeah Right!

The way the economy is now, people are losing their jobs from left to right. It does not matter if you are temp, part time, full time, a longtime dedicated employee, management and more.

So while you are investing in your 401(k), and the company's stocks, beware because you may need to use that money sooner than you thought. But many 401(k)s will not let you take out money against it because they want you to retain a certain number of years, or wait until you retire.

Yeah you have a certain amount in your savings but now that savings is becoming dry. Either you had to use this money for rent, mortgage, gas and I could go on and on.

So your boss says you are a great asset to the company. Whoop ti do! The same time they say that, the next day you can be out the door. But you helped make the company what they are today. Well your job just said ......so what!

You are friendly with the boss so even if they are laying off, you won't be on that list. They will laugh in your face and get the "serious” when they get ready to fire you or lay you off.

So you are in management or higher. That's great, but when it comes down to the nitty gritty , they will tell you to fire or lay off certain people, then layoff or fire you also.

Maybe you can go get unemployment. Like that's easy. They have said on the news that the unemployment percentage has went up 10% instead of going down. So go ahead and join the long line. You might get it, and you might not

So more than likely we want to blame the company we worked for. Yes it is their fault, but if you are getting fired or layed off now, it's because of the economy. The taxes are higher which means things your company has to buy is higher. Then fraud and robbery crimes are steadily going up. This hurts your company. There are many other factors that hurt your company. They don't want to let you go, but the economy is telling them too. Well sometimes.