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 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:32:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: m http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-3/#comment-266553 m Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:03:26 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-266553 Penelope, fyi, your blog's hyperlinks to your Yahoo columns just lead the reader to Yahoo Finance's generic main page now. Penelope, fyi, your blog's hyperlinks to your Yahoo columns just lead the reader to Yahoo Finance's generic main page now.

]]> By: Re-examine Your Salary Expectations | Hiring Technical People http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-3/#comment-261420 Re-examine Your Salary Expectations | Hiring Technical People Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:18:30 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-261420 [...] job, and won’t have to keep looking. (See Penelope Trunk’s take on living with risk at How to deal with getting fired (from Yahoo).Don’t assume you know what the candidate wants or needs. Don’t assume you know what the [...] [...] job, and won't have to keep looking. (See Penelope Trunk's take on living with risk at How to deal with getting fired (from Yahoo).Don't assume you know what the candidate wants or needs. Don't assume you know what the [...]

]]> By: What to do if you think you’re getting fired http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-3/#comment-252015 What to do if you think you’re getting fired Thu, 26 May 2011 05:32:05 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-252015 [...] and I ask her, “Why do you care? We’ve been fired a million [...] [...] and I ask her, “Why do you care? We’ve been fired a million [...]

]]> By: How to handle being fired http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-3/#comment-246903 How to handle being fired Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:19:35 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-246903 [...] very good articles on how to manage being let go from a company. The two articles were on her own experience being let from Yahoo, and another one on some of the tougher financial decisions that she and her husband had to make [...] [...] very good articles on how to manage being let go from a company. The two articles were on her own experience being let from Yahoo, and another one on some of the tougher financial decisions that she and her husband had to make [...]

]]> By: Jarod http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-3/#comment-242333 Jarod Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:44:20 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-242333 Well you're obviously a good writer. This article had absolutely nothing to do with me and i read it all the way through. Very fluid, conversational writing. I'm a fan now. Well you're obviously a good writer. This article had absolutely nothing to do with me and i read it all the way through. Very fluid, conversational writing. I'm a fan now.

]]> By: Brett S http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-3/#comment-230168 Brett S Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:21:25 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-230168 It's been over a year now since I left Ameriprise. It still haunts me getting fired without cause, or at least without a reason given. Now I've learned that you can get fired for damn near anything, especially if someone doesn't like you. As it turned out, there was someone who didn't like me there. Someone female who felt that I should have responded to her advances, but didn't. Didn't feel it was the right time/place to be doing that sort of thing. Turns out she told others there that she would do whatever it took to get rid of me. Guess she won. Oddly enough this wasn't the first time I've been fired. Won't be the last, I've grown accepting of that. I always try hard to please everyone, even if I don't please myself. In the end, I hope I was there to make a difference. It's been over a year now since I left Ameriprise. It still haunts me getting fired without cause, or at least without a reason given. Now I've learned that you can get fired for damn near anything, especially if someone doesn't like you. As it turned out, there was someone who didn't like me there. Someone female who felt that I should have responded to her advances, but didn't. Didn't feel it was the right time/place to be doing that sort of thing. Turns out she told others there that she would do whatever it took to get rid of me. Guess she won.
Oddly enough this wasn't the first time I've been fired. Won't be the last, I've grown accepting of that. I always try hard to please everyone, even if I don't please myself. In the end, I hope I was there to make a difference.

]]> By: Jonha Revesencio @ Happiness http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-3/#comment-225467 Jonha Revesencio @ Happiness Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:54:07 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-225467 Hi Penelope, Perhaps right now Yahoo is trying to renegotiate about getting you back, eh? Thought I'd let you know that your Wikipedia has been deleted. For the reason of self-promotion, isn't that interesting? You don't have to promote yourself. People are promoting you. Perhaps that last person who would promote you is yourself. Oh so you've been fired for using the computer for non-work related, lol. I got a memo for frivolous browsing. That's something I should be proud of but hey everybody commits mistakes. Jonha Hi Penelope,

Perhaps right now Yahoo is trying to renegotiate about getting you back, eh? Thought I'd let you know that your Wikipedia has been deleted. For the reason of self-promotion, isn't that interesting? You don't have to promote yourself. People are promoting you. Perhaps that last person who would promote you is yourself.

Oh so you've been fired for using the computer for non-work related, lol. I got a memo for frivolous browsing. That's something I should be proud of but hey everybody commits mistakes.

Jonha

]]> By: stephen http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-3/#comment-224243 stephen Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:18:22 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-224243 i have never read your work or heard of you, just stumbled on this as i got fired today. i took a job at entry level as i study for things related to it. so, that being said the job wasnt crazy important to me. I really heard ya when you talked about taking risks, I took all the professional risks i wanted at my job, always with the intent to improve myself and my workplace. it didnt work out though as i think the boss felt i was questioning her authority maybe. in anycase, i feel i really made a difference to the people around me at work, and i learnt a big deal about taking risks and when its better to keep my mouth shut! risk takers out there i salute you! i have never read your work or heard of you, just stumbled on this as i got fired today.
i took a job at entry level as i study for things related to it. so, that being said the job wasnt crazy important to me. I really heard ya when you talked about taking risks, I took all the professional risks i wanted at my job, always with the intent to improve myself and my workplace. it didnt work out though as i think the boss felt i was questioning her authority maybe. in anycase, i feel i really made a difference to the people around me at work, and i learnt a big deal about taking risks and when its better to keep my mouth shut!
risk takers out there i salute you!

]]> By: Best of ‘09 – Challenge http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-3/#comment-215984 Best of ‘09 – Challenge Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:21:21 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/#comment-215984 [...] “And one more thing. I have found that if I am nervous to post something—if I think I might look bad or reveal too much or give advice that people will hate—these are the posts that people care [...] [...] “And one more thing. I have found that if I am nervous to post something—if I think I might look bad or reveal too much or give advice that people will hate—these are the posts that people care [...]

]]> By: Brad http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/12/27/how-to-deal-with-getting-fired-from-yahoo/comment-page-3/#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?

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