How to Guarantee (Hopefully) Your Job Security In 2023

#3 - 09.12.22

‍I’m not even going to be apologetic when I say this:
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But most people in employment just don’t do any work.

When my business partner Omar and I went through our intense burst of hiring last year, after a while, we were left with an unsavoury taste in our mouths:

Unfortunately, we found the same two people bringing in most of the sales or ended up managing most of the work.

Him and I.‍
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The reality is that Pareto’s law is in play in most places of work, more often than not.
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It’s not to say we didn’t have failings, we had many, but 80% of work in most places probably gets done by 20% of the people.

• Lyft gets rid of 12% of staff
• Twitter (okay, unashamedly) 50%
• Klarna 20%
• Facebook sacks 11,000 employees
• Credit Suisse, 9,000

The companies above, most of them are still functioning.

So the reason for this post is this:

If you’re being employed, right now, more than ever, evidence as much as possible that:

a). You’re doing work.
b). That you’re indispensable.
c). And absolutely don’t dilly dally. 

Demonstrate that you’re in that 20% of doers. 
Don’t give your employers a reason to be doubters.

And secure your safety net by turning up, and tallying your impact (ALWAYS be gathering data of your impact and contribution and regularly capture it in a word document, ready to physically share in your 1-2-1's if possible), so you can show your employers they can absolutely no way get rid of you.

Because surely it's better than being disregarded?

‍Think about it.

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