Comments on: You can learn from getting canned

By: Praline

Praline — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:59:13 +0000

I lost my job with an investment bank last year after 6 years with the company. I was fortunate in that I had invested in a friend of mine that has a small internet marketing company and asked me to run the finances for his company. My advice is to keep at least a portion of your savings in alternative, i.e. non-stock market, investments and keep in touch with friends and former colleagues, especially successful ones.

By: VAUGHN NEBEKER

VAUGHN NEBEKER — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:45:11 +0000

IT LIKE WHEN ENRRON FELL APARIT… LEARN TO TAKE THE PATENT'S AND OR WITH YOU… THAY CAN FIRE YOU BUT THE COMPENY INPLOYED'S… IT WERE AS A INPLOYEE YOU HOLD THE CAPITEL. THE CEO PLAYING SMARTEST MAN IN THE ROOM AN LOSING.. IT WERE A US COMPENY INPLOYED AT THE TUEN OF $70.0 BILLION DALLOR'S… THAY USED TO LAFF AT THE PHONE.
THE LIGHT FIBER OPTIC CABLE USD TO CARRY 1,088 CALL'S.
THAY PAYED NO ROYLITY. SO I PULLED PATENT AND OR COPY RIGHT… MONEY TOCK'S BULL SHIT WAKET AN THA WENT DEFUNK..
SO IT DEPEND'S HOW ONE DESRIBE'S CANNED..

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[...] mind off the traumatic loss. Losing one's job (and this goes for those who've been fired) is sometimes beyond anyone's control. A set of events beyond your grasp were set into [...]

By: ladym

ladym — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:14:02 +0000

so…what do you say in interviews about why you "left your previous" job?

i was fired for the first time last year…it wasn't the biggest blow to my ego ever, and i really hated working there, but it was still a learning experience.

By: TJ

TJ — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:27:50 +0000

"When the end was near, I gave ice cream away for free. When the end arrived, I got another job right away — with someone who had benefited from my scooping largesse."

It's always fun to use work resources to illicitly benefit others :)

By: jazzypom

jazzypom — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:16:38 +0000

Thank you very much for this article!

I've been following your column since August this year, and it has helped me to think about where I'm going and what I'm doing. The column 'Do What you Are' really resonated with me, and as a result, I'm going back into teaching.

Thanks Penelope.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:09:41 +0000

I have one to add: You are resilient!

I know so many people who have never been fired, and I think it is a shame because these are often the same people who are afraid to take risks in their careers.

It is very empowering to get a new job after being fired. Also, being fired forces self-reflection that many people neglect.