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...What if someone tells you that you're being let go? What do you do and say at that awful moment? Keep your mouth shut. Keep your hand away from the pen. Sign nothing. Keep your thoughts to yourself. Ask questions. At the risk of sounding adversarial - and I don't like to do that because I'm a huge booster of the HR profession - these people have a script. HR and the layoff managers are war-gamed against a script because they need to protect themselves legally. If you only ask questions, in a really calm...
...attorney who looks it over and knows what he's looking for, there could be something buried in that document that can give you leverage for a more substantial severance package or even a wrongful-termination suit. It's going to give you bargaining leverage, ultimately. And again, never sign the severance agreement right then and there. It's ridiculous that it takes you much longer to buy a car than it does to lose your job. Nobody ever expects anybody on a reasonable basis to sign any document under duress. It's completely realistic, reasonable to expect to take...
...exactly the same, with the same pipe, sign, and logo outside,” says Reed, a regular smoker. She adds that “it’s a great store, for smokers and non-smokers, because you can get stuff you cannot get anywhere else in a regular CVS,” noting the store’s unique lighters, pipes, and ashtrays...
...outdoor apparel store that carries “Life is Good” merchandise—will shut its doors permanently this weekend after two and a half years in the Harvard Square Garage. Store owner Glen Tompkins said that the closing was “just another sign of the times.” Everything’s Jake opened for business in August of 2006, and Tompkins will continue to pay lease for the property until this coming March. “It’s the location of Harvard Square that’s just not suitable...
...section looks pretty sick.” At Twisted Village on Eliot Street—a record store where Sawyer used to work—owner Wayne Rogers said that he viewed Weirdo’s opening not as increased business competition, but as a “positive sign of the strength of the area.” Due to the distance between Harvard and Central Square, and because each store offers slightly different material, record store owners said they did not expect to be impacted by Weirdo’s presence. Browne, the CEO of Newbury Comics, said...