Tuesday, 16 September 2008

Nightmare on Elm... ahem - Wall Street.

With Wall Street's big banks filing for bankrupcy and being taken over, it makes me think... I work in a small firm in the Corporate sector, close to the City but who really knows that their job is safe? With the credit crunch and firms being tighter than ever, how do you obtain job security?

I'm starting by pulling my socks up. I need to convince these hot shots that I am a valuable member of staff that cannot be replaced. I'm going to ask for extra training, work late etc - basically be an office bod. Those pictures of the Lehman Brothers staff carrying boxes from their office was pretty disturbing really.

However, whilst I'm working my arse off to earn my wages and make a good PA. Do I really want to work for a middle-aged, balding, slightly eccentric man who barks orders at me all day, and shouts at me when he loses something or his computer crashes etc?

Do I want to be brave and jump in at the deep end with a business idea of my own??

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