Top 3 Ways to Get Fired

Self destruction, undermined success, and other ways we passively say we don’t want to be at work

Congratulations! You just landed a job.

Not just any job — it is your dream job. The one that you went to school to get qualified. The one that you pulled every string that you have to get an interview. The one that has actual benefits with a 401K and everything.

Now what?

Some say that landing the job is the easy part. Now you have to learn the role, be successful and impress.

Easy, you say? You got this. Right? After all, that big university endowed you with a piece of paper proclaiming that you are a successful adult, a few thousand dollars later.

Except. They forgot to tell you a few things. Yes, they did.

Trust me. I am generation X. I have been there. I really do have a clue.

Being the Company Know-It-All gossiper

Getting a new job means that you likely have co-workers. You are working in a department or with a work team. That means you have to interact with other humans. And humans are messy.