7 Lies About Being Fired You Must Reject Today

Interestingly, people who promote disparaging narratives often portray separated employees as villains or “bad employees.”

I go through Twitter or LinkedIn and type the words “layoff poor performers” into the search box, and as sure as snowstorms in Buffalo, I cheer on a company to lay off those who “don’t put in the work.”

For example:

So @Google wants the world to know that those 10K folks are poor performers? At least that’s what I understand after reading @livemint and @toi

Calling it #layoffs without specific reasons was at least fair and neutral towards those affected.

What happened to Don’t be evil?

— Pranjal Yadav (@Pranjal_Yadav) November 22, 2022

Managers give competitive ratings to employees and are told (in many companies) only can be considered high performers. Some managers make layoff decisions unnecessarily complicated, and the bottom line is good employees can be “poor” performers.

When you’re laid off under the guise of poor performance, this could stain your work record if you let it. Any separation from a company categorized as “poor” is subjective and is not a death sentence these days.

As explained in the video below, you should not allow companies to dictate your career’s narrative under any circumstances.

Hint: It’s not the end. Not even close.

I should mention most companies don’t offer a performance rating when a potential employer of an ex-employee calls for a reference. You should ask and agree nothing should be said about performance.

The video content is based on my article on Payscale and Fairygodboss. 

 

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