No, I’m not talking about sucking up to the boss or brown-nosing or those hundreds of other derogatory terms used to describe an employee’s relationship with his or her supervisor. Develop a legitimate, friendly, positive, supportive relationship with your boss. Managers don’t want to lay off employees with whom they have a genuine work friendship.
Managers are people, too, and if they trust you, like you, and depend on you, they will resist laying you off. You double the impact of the liking if you have cross-unit or cross-departmental responsibilities and have developed this relationship with both managers. Two people must be convinced to let you go. That's not very likely if you're making measurable and appreciated contributions on each team.
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