Comments on: How to deal with getting fired (from Yahoo) http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:20:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Brad http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-6/#comment-206732 Brad Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:34:43 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-206732 Getting fired is something difficult to deal with whether it is from Yahoo or anywhere else. You just need to take as much as you can with you and move on. I like how you advise to try to network even at the last minute. I think that Yahoo lost a lot by firing you but that is just my opinion. I would be upset if the reason they fired me was the CPM. Couldnt they have used another monetization model to capitalize on the visits you got? Getting fired is something difficult to deal with whether it is from Yahoo or anywhere else. You just need to take as much as you can with you and move on. I like how you advise to try to network even at the last minute. I think that Yahoo lost a lot by firing you but that is just my opinion. I would be upset if the reason they fired me was the CPM. Couldnt they have used another monetization model to capitalize on the visits you got?

]]> By: Karen Phone http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-6/#comment-193704 Karen Phone Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:16:54 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-193704 Great post and lets face it, its Yahoo's loss.. Great post and lets face it, its Yahoo's loss..

]]> By: BettyJames http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-6/#comment-192965 BettyJames Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:00:58 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-192965 I can not believe that they told you to work at LifeStyles or Working Mother, that is just plain discriminatory. Obviously America has a long way to go before women are treated with respect in the workplace. I can not believe that they told you to work at LifeStyles or Working Mother, that is just plain discriminatory. Obviously America has a long way to go before women are treated with respect in the workplace.

]]> By: Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist :: Content Feast http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-6/#comment-188190 Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist :: Content Feast Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:12:35 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-188190 [...] How to Deal with Getting Fired (from Yahoo) [...] [...] How to Deal with Getting Fired (from Yahoo) [...]

]]> By: Hatemail: Email I get that I hate | DodaPedia http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-5/#comment-188134 Hatemail: Email I get that I hate | DodaPedia Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:36:31 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-188134 [...] of traffic. Then they tell me how many zillions of page views Businessweek.com gets a month. But I wrote for Yahoo for a long time. So I know the page view game. These big sites get tons of traffic but the traffic is spread out [...] [...] of traffic. Then they tell me how many zillions of page views Businessweek.com gets a month. But I wrote for Yahoo for a long time. So I know the page view game. These big sites get tons of traffic but the traffic is spread out [...]

]]> By: Brett Staupe http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-5/#comment-187298 Brett Staupe Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:53:10 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-187298 Well they still won't tell me. Not only that, they won't even contact me, no matter what number I call. Gotta be the most frustrating thing ever when it comes to losing your job. Though I've come to believe it had to be something really stupid, and perhaps I'd be better off not knowing. Well they still won't tell me. Not only that, they won't even contact me, no matter what number I call. Gotta be the most frustrating thing ever when it comes to losing your job. Though I've come to believe it had to be something really stupid, and perhaps I'd be better off not knowing.

]]> By: scene girls http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-5/#comment-187263 scene girls Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:15:04 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-187263 Hah! That really made me laugh - thanks! Hah! That really made me laugh – thanks!

]]> By: Career Advice: Dan Schwabel vs Penelope Trunk | Viralogy Blog http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-5/#comment-187010 Career Advice: Dan Schwabel vs Penelope Trunk | Viralogy Blog Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:05:35 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-187010 [...] instance, her post about How to Deal with Getting Fired (From Yahoo) focuses mostly on how it happened and how she felt at the moment, but only a small part of it is [...] [...] instance, her post about How to Deal with Getting Fired (From Yahoo) focuses mostly on how it happened and how she felt at the moment, but only a small part of it is [...]

]]> By: Brett Staupe http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-5/#comment-186785 Brett Staupe Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:20:05 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-186785 I just recently lost my job as a Financial Adviser for Ameriprise Financial. Oddest thing too, I was working and doing fine, even get congrats from my manager for doing a great job setting up appointments and boosting my call volume above what was expected, and after a particularly hard Friday, I went home on the weekend expecting to have a great week after 2 days of rest. Low and behold I get in on Monday morning and was met by my manager who told me they were having a conference on the conference floor. I was met by his manager, and they told me that they were going to let me go. I asked why, and they told me about my vacation time accrued, I asked again and they told me that they would get my personal stuff. I asked a third time and they told me about the bonus I was supposed to get for relocating from Boston to Minneapolis. I tried to ask my manager when his manager was gone, but he wouldn't say anything about it. I asked one last time and they told me they would have a cab waiting to take me home, or wherever I wanted to go, and the company would pay for it. I stopped asking then. Now I ask myself. What did I do wrong, and how did it come to this? As I sit here in the library using their internet and power, cause I couldn't afford to lease my own space without a job, I wonder what it all meant, and why they couldn't and still won't tell me why I was fired, and what should I do now going forward. If it wasn't for the people I've met along the way, I'd say that I wished I'd never seen that job offer on Monster. If it wasn't for the great group of people I got to work with, I'd say it was all for nil. But I can't say that, cause you can't change the past, you can only affect the future. I just recently lost my job as a Financial Adviser for Ameriprise Financial.
Oddest thing too, I was working and doing fine, even get congrats from my manager for doing a great job setting up appointments and boosting my call volume above what was expected, and after a particularly hard Friday, I went home on the weekend expecting to have a great week after 2 days of rest. Low and behold I get in on Monday morning and was met by my manager who told me they were having a conference on the conference floor. I was met by his manager, and they told me that they were going to let me go.

I asked why, and they told me about my vacation time accrued, I asked again and they told me that they would get my personal stuff. I asked a third time and they told me about the bonus I was supposed to get for relocating from Boston to Minneapolis. I tried to ask my manager when his manager was gone, but he wouldn't say anything about it. I asked one last time and they told me they would have a cab waiting to take me home, or wherever I wanted to go, and the company would pay for it. I stopped asking then.

Now I ask myself. What did I do wrong, and how did it come to this? As I sit here in the library using their internet and power, cause I couldn't afford to lease my own space without a job, I wonder what it all meant, and why they couldn't and still won't tell me why I was fired, and what should I do now going forward.

If it wasn't for the people I've met along the way, I'd say that I wished I'd never seen that job offer on Monster. If it wasn't for the great group of people I got to work with, I'd say it was all for nil. But I can't say that, cause you can't change the past, you can only affect the future.

]]> By: Michael http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-5/#comment-186668 Michael Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:37:17 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-186668 if you really want to get fired do what i did.....take a piss in your bosse's office......while he is still in it if you really want to get fired do what i did…..take a piss in your bosse's office……while he is still in it

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