Insiders’ Interview Tips Going for an interview? Then “True Confessions of a Recruiter,” by Connie Thanasoulis-Cerrachio is a must-read. Connie, a former Fortune 500 recruiter, confesses how she weeds out candidates starting the first second she sees them. No Debby Downers As a Dead Company Club member you have unique experiences that can be booby [...]
Entries Tagged as 'War stories'
Lehman Leadership Vindicated?
March 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Company profiles, War stories
Former Lehman Brothers employees keep getting a pitchfork in the butt. The latest round of abuse comes from Dick Fuld, Lehman’s former CEO, in response to a bankruptcy examiner’s report released March 11, 2010. Ex-employees were understandably pissed by the 2,200 page report. A March 13th Wall Street Journal article titled “Lehman Report Confirms Former [...]
Tags:automotive bankruptcies·Bosses·Lehman Brothers·lessons learned
You Are Not Alone
August 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Company profiles, War stories
“You are not alone.” – Michael Jackson In a Sigourney Weaver movie, “You are not alone” is a lot less comforting than it is here. There are lots of us, we who “used to work at…” Some of our [...]
Tags:anti-trust·automotive bankruptcies·bankruptcy·communications bankruptcies·dead company·energy bankruptcies·lessons learned·Ponzi scheme failures·transportation bankruptcies
Fairy Tale Bosses
August 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Humor, Losing a job, War stories
“Do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell?” – Snow White Have you ever worked for a moron? Thief? Leech? Welcome to the club. If your company is dead there was a stinker somewhere, maybe even a full-blown level 5 toxic environment. Here’s the Seven Dwarfs Standard, developed when I [...]
Tags:Bosses·dead company
What Could Possibly Close Next?
July 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Losing a job, New members, War stories
YIKES. This was the prescient license plate of a former investment broker who can’t afford the car anymore. It’s my G-rated exclamation when I read about the growing stacks of worthless stock certificates, old employee IDs and the latest additions to the club. American pastimes closed indefinitely Closings have gone way beyond what you read [...]
