What lengths would you go to to save your job?

Question

I work for a financial company and our Area Manager has now said that we are over staffed so there may be job loses.

I am very worried about my job security but I know of members of staff who are not doing their jobs properly and giving very poor customer service and being very incompetent when it comes to security of the premises,up to now I have not spoke up about it but should I cause if there are job loses then it should be members of staff not working as a team and not people like myself,or is that just being plain nasty and back stabbing.

Answer 1

why you call it " back stabbing " when it's not

i think when u think that your  job security threaten you should do somthin & explaining who's workin good & who's not to your boss is not a "  back stabbing "

Answer 2

dont point it out the chances are the powers that be will already know who is worth keeping,  

Answer 3

none!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

If your good at your job then you should stand out above the people who are not doing it right.  Whatever happens, happens.  Everything has a reason.  

Answer 5

Let it go, and get another job!

Answer 6

Grass up your colleagues, pass on customer complaints, annonymously remember their ineptitude is why the company is doing badly and hence needs job cuts.

Answer 7

Well, I certainly wouldn't speak up about it now.  It might be true, but if anything it will do more harm than good - you'll be seen as someone who is not a team player, someone who is incapable of getting on with their colleagues, and someone who complains to management about others instead of addressing it properly.

Remember that if you complain to a manager about someone on the same level as you, that might not be incorrect in itself, but maybe the manager won't trust you anymore - they might be worried that you will go and speak to *their* boss about how they're doing their job.  Therefore you might put yourself right at the top of the list for people getting the cut.

Most companies usually have a policy for determining who gets the cut ... it's usually those that started most recently ("last on, first off") and those who don't justify being paid the money that they're making (e.g. someone delivering a service to a client is making money for the company, but someone in a function like HR or internal IT support is not making any money for the company at all so are more likely to be cut).  Unfortunately, whatever your company decides, you will just have to go with it and there won't be much that you can say or do to change their minds.

I would advise that you don't do anything right now ... other than start looking for a new job ...