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No News Is Bad News
Suddenly you are not copied on memos you normally receive, or invited to meetings you usually attend. |
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Merger Manoeuvers
You've heard the company is going through a restructuring that will affect your position, yet your superior has said nothing about it. |
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The Siberia Treatment
You are "promoted" to a position with substantially less responsibility, and with no one reporting directly to you. |
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Whooooo's Johnny?
Superiors with whom you have enjoyed a good relationship are no longer available for lunch. |
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The Takeover Trap
The company is being sold. You receive a letter that on completion of the sale all employment will be terminated, but it is expected the purchaser will rehire. |
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Dollar Signs
Your employer tells you times are tough so you won't be receiving your normal bonus and your salary will be frozen. You learn that others have not been given this news. |
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The Horizontal Gavotte
Your boss tells you you'll be handling "special assignments" from time to time and will no longer be carrying out your normal responsibilities. |
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A Very Clear Message
Your office is moved on a "temporary" basis to the annex and you're told you will begin sharing a secretary with two others. |
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Paper Trail I
Suddenly you receive memos critical of your performance. |
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Paper Trail II
You receive memos from your superior confirming meetings and conversations, a process to which you were not previously subjected. |
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What to Do About It?
These days no one is safe. With corporate downsizing, mergers, restructuring, and relocation, anyone from CEO to line manager may find a pink slip in their in-basket, What's good for the company may be a disaster for the individual who is about to lose his or her job. Grosman, Grosman & Gale LLP has been advising employees for over 25 years on strategies they should adopt to protect their jobs and if the worst happens, to ensure that they leave on the most favourable terms. The law firm will advise you on how to deal with job loss from the moment your position is threatened to the negotiation of a severance package. Each member of the firm specializes in employment law and has represented employees at every level of the court system.
For legal information, contact the law firm by calling (416) 364-9599, by fax (416) 364-2490, or by email lawyers@grosman.com, in order to arrange a telephone consultation or a visit to our offices in downtown Toronto. |
