So True… by Scott Robbin There was this little company I worked for in my career: WaMu. Washington Mutual is back in the news because, after becoming the largest bank failure in history, it is being investigated by Congress and the Justice Department for fraud in its mortgage lending operations. Not only was management not… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Enron
Don’t invest in your company stock
Do you remember Enron? While many will remember the fraud that was done in the energy markets, I remember the thousands and thousands of employees who lost everything in their 401(k)’s because they had invested all of it in Enron stock. In a period of just months, they lost everything they had saved. I thought… Continue Reading
Your work is not the company stereotype
Going out into the job market after deciding that you no longer want to work for your employer reveals interesting tidbits about your company that you, essentially, have no control over but gets associated to your work. Like stereotypes, the characteristics of the company culture are associated with your work and effects your ability to… Continue Reading
Career Management: Managers Make a Difference
Last night, I wrote about how careers are now all about acquiring skills that support your personal brand. Rosetta Thurman, writing in From the Pipeline, made a great point that I agree with: It’s over. No more vertical. No more ladder. That’s not the way careers work anymore. Linearity is out. A career is now… Continue Reading
Career Management Plans Don’t Include Companies
When you create a career plan (you have one, right?), it doesn’t say that you will be an individual contributor for one year at your company, then get promoted to a team lead at your company, then become a manager at your company, then an executive vice president at your company, and finally retire at… Continue Reading
Could you be on the front page?
There was a CEO I worked for once that had this analogy for his behavior: don’t do anything that you wouldn’t be proud to see on the front page of a newspaper. It’s a good analogy. Because my father was an attorney, I also have the analogy of whatever I do ending up in court… Continue Reading
9 Career Resolutions for 2009
It’s the New Year and everyone in the world is creating New Year’s Resolutions. Cube Rules is no different! Here are nine Cube Rules 2009 Career Resolutions for all Cubicle Warriors: Prepare for a Layoff Let’s be clear: most people working will not get laid off in 2009. But it will seem like everyone will… Continue Reading