new blog needed

Somewhere there must be a blog about losing jobs.

But in case there isn't, in my two teams so far:

• some people have been made redundant, or not retained if they come from a supplier
• another person has resigned
• and last week I told a freelancer to leave the office as he was misusing our equipment and network. He will not be coming back.

The last item was particularly annoying and probably involved two man-days of effort.

Look, at non-managerial levels it is pretty easy to keep your job. Here's my handy guide:

• rare exceptions aside get in on-time, don't leave early, don't take long lunches, don't hang outside smoking - if you do smoke: don't.
• do what you are asked and expected to do
• contribute to a pleasant professional environment (I know for some people with anxiety disorders - of whom I've known quite a few - this can be very difficult and I don't know what the answer, or rather possible answers are. I wish I did)

That's it: go in, do the job, keep things pleasant.

There really is no need to:

• spend more than a few minutes looking at the general internet, and that's only when you need a break
• misuse the company's equipment and network. At places where I've worked we've found masses of pirated videos, hard core porn and extreme porn on people's work hard disks. I would imagine that it is not pleasant to tell your wife you've been sacked, just before Christmas, because a human-animal sex video was found on your work computer.