STRATEGY: Attention Kmart shoppers the rules of the job game have changed …
Anyone, who doesn’t understand that the rule of the gasme have changed, should read this.
No, print it, and nail it to your bathroom mirror. Seven years of bad luck is the least of your worries!
Don’t think that the “corporate management” will do ANYTHING but loot your beloved enterprise. Cast off your illusions. It’s a cold cruel world out there.
Pension? Just plan on possibly getting something from the Pension Guarantee Fund. (Maybe!) Ask the Delta pilots how they feel.
Life-time employment? Ask the Ford blue collar workers.
Benefits? Maybe, as long as they don’t cost too much. Retirees shoudl get ready for the Eskimo iceberg voyage.
Action plan:
(1) Trust no one! What you have in your pocket is yours. Anything else has a tinge of “maybe” attached to it.
(2) Develop skills. Create a portfolio of what you can offer another employer or the marketplace. That has value!
(3) Develop alternate revenue streams. Part-time job, side business, investment protfolio, rental properties, ebay biz, something, anything.
(4) Develop awareness. There is no rescue team coming to help. Don’t expect mercy becasue there isn’t any. Pull up your big boy pants and get ready for trouble.
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Reinke Faces Life 