Alli Peck advises against prioritizing loyalty to an employer over personal welfare, stating you should position yourself so opportunities are continually available. She warns companies may terminate employment without notice and urges viewers to prepare for re-employment rather than rely on company loyalty. The clip ends by asking the audience to share strategies they've used to make finding a new job easier if they were let go.
I don't recommend being loyal to a company or a job. You need to take care of yourself first, because while you're being asked to give two weeks notice, if you leave, a company can let you go with zero notice. Now, I'm not saying to screw your company over deliberately, but rather position yourself in a way that opportunities are constantly coming your way. I don't ever want you to lose your job and feel like you have to beg for a new one or take the first one that's offered to you. For those of you who have been successful with this, what are some ways that you've positioned yourself favorably so that if you got let go, it would be easy to find a new job?
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