You Might Want to Spread Out Your Severance Pay
While it’s always challenging to lose your job, the severance package offered by your employer can soften the blow. However, before accepting a lump sum severance payment, it’s worth considering…
What to Write in a Resignation Letter (and What Not To)
When you get a new job, you’re thinking about the future: New responsibilities, a new office, a new title, new coworkers. But you also have to show a little respect…
What to Do When You Can Smell Layoffs Coming
It’s been a hell of a layoffs season. With this uncertainty in the labor market—not to mention the bigger picture of a looming recession—it’s natural to feel a sense of…
How to Explain a Layoff in Your Next Job Interview
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) While there’s likely little you can do when facing a layoff, what you can control is how you handle it afterward. If you’re getting ready to interview…
Why the 80% Retirement Rule Is Bullshit
Photo: Potstock (Shutterstock) Retirement planning can be complex, so boiling it down to a couple of simple rules of thumb is comforting. One retirement “rule” that gets tossed around a…
How to Retire in Stages (and Why You Should)
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) If you ever fantasized of leaving your job on your 67th birthday and hopping on an international cruise, well, the pandemic likely shattered that vision. With all…
How to Tell If You’re Being ‘Quiet Fired’ (and Why That’s Nothing New)
Photo: stockfour (Shutterstock) You’ve heard of employees “quiet quitting.” Now get ready for the trending term’s flip side: “quiet firing.” As we’ve previously pointed out, quiet quitting was quickly blown…
How to Fire Someone Without Being a Total Dick
Photo: Littleaom (Shutterstock) Getting fired is devastating. Hell, even getting called into a meeting unexpectedly can be scary for an employee if their mind wanders to the possibility they could…
How to Tell You’re About to be Laid Off
Photo: Monkey Business Images (Shutterstock) I talked to a corporate-lifer friend last night about the layoffs coming to the tech company she works for. She’s been through the wringer before,…
How to Use the 50/15/5 Rule for Spending and Saving
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) Sometimes the best way to stick with a budget is to follow a simple rule that doesn’t dictate how every last dollar should be spent. That’s the…