Thread regarding Windstream Corp. layoffs

Jumping ship isn't always the best option... just usually.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/25/suzy-welch-7-signs-your-company-is-going-under.html

Cut from the above article. Jumping ship isn't always the best option... just usually.

What to do if it looks like your job will be eliminated

Feeling like your job is on the line? Don't panic. According to Welch, you have two options.

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"One, get out as fast as you can and look for another job," she says. "Or two, you can wait it out as the ship goes down."

Staying with your company as it crumbles, while difficult, does have its upside. For one, you can attribute your job loss to a corporate layoff, which makes writing your next cover letter easier.

In the meantime, start updating your LinkedIn profile and your resume, so you're better informed of options if it turns out you do lose your job. In addition, organize a few coffee meetings and check in with people in your network to build relationships. You never know how a friend or former colleague might help with your next move.

"If you know the signs," says Welch, "you can be the one who made the smart decisions first."

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One of the other upsides is if you need to make a career change, being laid off - even without severance - can help open those doors to you. Sure - if you got the right skills at the right time in the right area - anything is possible.

Now if you are a Design engineer and you work for the only telco office for 300 miles... you might need to explore other options / look at moving to even come close to the salary you are earning.

I know several people looking for other jobs but, the truth is that not everyone who has ALREADY been laid off is working again. Sure - if I wanna get some crappy retail job - thats down the street. Any higher level positions takes time to get and could take a year to find the perfect fit.

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They will all just stick their heads in the sand. If you’re still at WS and not looking right now you really deserve what you have coming. There will be no turn around. It is in a death spiral at this point. SDWAN was never a savior, every other ISP jumped on that bandwagon at same time, except the products they offer aren’t dumbed down versions with all the bells and whistles turned off. Its over.

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