Employee Termination

You've Got Problems!

A brief history of AOL's misfortunes.READ»

• Dead Man Walking
• AOL’s Year of Pain
• AOL's Greatest Hits
• AOL's Greatest Hope

Top Jobs 2008: A Guide to Layoff Survival

FastCompany.com offers you a guide to layoff survival and the job search. From the practical to the philosophical, get expert tips on how to survive the fall, and get back in the game. READ»

• Top Jobs of 2008
• Courting Your Career
• The Top 8 Jobs of 2008
• Jobs For Your Inner Child
• Ten Jobs You Didn't Know You Wanted

More or Less

Readers respond to our Web-exclusive series about layoffs with harrowing anecdotes, harsh criticism, and hard-boiled advice. Join the debate online now.READ»

Six Ways to Slow Down Smart

How do people accustomed to life in the fast lane handle slower times -- and prepare for the next cycle of growth? Grab a cup of decaf and read through this advice.READ»

Making the Cut: Managing the Layoff Process

It seems as if some manager introduces another wrong way to lay off faithful employees every day. Shoot 'em an email. Call their names over the intercom. Order some poor subordinate to deliver the news before canning him as well. ...READ»

Virtual Interview

Pick up a copy of Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions, and all you can do before your next interview is practice at the mirror. Go to InterviewTrue.com, and, with a Webcam and PC, you'll be able to ...READ»

Into Thin Air

Maybe offshoring is good for the economy in the long run. Maybe it will boost productivity and save companies. But it's causing real pain to real people. And they never thought it would happen to them.READ»

High-tech Achiever: Netflix

At Netflix, the secret sauce is software.READ»

Water Cooler: Help Wanted

The Fast Company roundup of what you'll be talking about this month when you talk about work.READ»

Employee Innovator: USAA

Happy employees mean happy customers--a lesson learned from USAA's generous perks and receptive atmosphere.READ»

Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

Surviving the Corporate Hook

So it finally happened to you. You went to lunch employed and came back to a cardboard box full of your kids' pictures and your Rolodex. Here are some of David Pottruck's strategies for working through the pain.READ»

The Fall and Rise of David Pottruck

One day, David Pottruck was CEO of a major company. The next, he was out on his ear. What's it like to lose it all -- and how do you get is back again?READ»

Sunrise, Sunset

This month's CEO See-Ya!: Scott G. McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems.READ»

Think Like a Peon

Five tips for managers who've forgotten what it's like to be at the bottom of the ladder.READ»

The Corporate Shrink

How to cope with the guilt of firing a coworker.READ»

Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

The Brand Called Us

This month's letter from the editor.READ»

Office Handbook

Chapter 18: Foreign Replacements.READ»

Moment of Truth?

Report From the Past.READ»

Into Thin Air

Maybe offshoring is good for the economy in the long run. Maybe it will boost productivity and save companies. But it's causing real pain to real people. And they never thought it would happen to them.READ»

The Responsibility to Retrain

In a Web Exclusive interview with Fast Company, RIT professor Ronil Hira considers the arguments for and against offshoring, as well as who is responsible for the American workers left behind.READ»

A Brief (Recent) History of Offshoring

In this Web Exclusive, the CEO of Covansys, one of the first American organizations to explore offshoring, considers how Indian government regulation, the Y2K problem, and the widespread acceptance of the Net contributed to the current job loss and economic insecurity.READ»

Look Into Their Eyes

These people lost high-tech jobs to low-wage countries. Try telling them that offshoring is a good thing in the long run.READ»

The Faces of the Jobless Recovery

This month's letter from the editor.READ»