December 11, 2008

5 Signs your job may be in jeopardy

I am amused by all the articles lately that boast giving "tell-tale signs your job is in jeopardy." As someone who thinks about the great unemployed, masses quite a bit, I have a few thoughts on the subject. Here are Binx's Five Signs You Are About to Get Laid Off:

1) You work for a company other than yourself.
2) You have survived a round of lay-offs. In fact, you've survived several rounds of layoffs. Don't fight the inevitable!
3) You work for anyone other than Obama, the only person who has some job security for the next four years as he has his work cut out for him.
4) You are the CEO of a financial institution or an automaker. Okay, you may actually be okay, but I wouldn't count on a bonus. I would count on bad PR.
5) You live in the USA. Actually, you live anywhere. Who's not at risk?

Sure, sure, we can't all get laid off, but when the hot new thing is Unemployment, you know the world is in a heap of trouble.

In a small victory for me, I would like to give an update to my quest that has been going on for the last four years. As you may have read before on this blog, I've been asking everyone who voted for George W. Bush to apologize to me for ruining this country. Just this week, I received another apology. That brings the total number of people who have apologized up to 2. What is the lesson learned? Evidently at least one group of people have a hard time taking responsibility.