The 10 Commandments of the Modern Worker

1. Don’t trust your boss. He hates you and would outsource your job to Siberia if he could get away with it. Or even better, he would vote for legalized slavery so he wouldn’t have to pay you at all. If possible start up your own business, because no one will take care of you like yourself.
2. There is no loyalty. It’s all about you. If you get a better deal, don’t think twice, your boss won’t hesitate to lay you off, when things get tough.
3. Always keep your resume up to date. You never know when you are going to need it.
4. Always be on the look for another job. You never know when you are going to need it.
5. Take everything management says with a grain of salt. f they say the company is doing fine, start updating your resume. Remember what happened at Enron and Goldman Sachs?
6. Befriend your competitors. When things go belly up your services could be mighty useful.
7. Back up all your personal contacts and info. to the Internet or your personal computer. When your boss asks for the work computer back, all your contacts go with it.
8. Network on the job. Pass your business card out at conferences and remember all those contacts. They’ll come in handy when you get pink slipped. Look at your job as an opportunity to enhance your earning power and business contacts.
9. Unionize if possible. There is strength in numbers. Management hates organized labor because they make it harder to drive down wages and bully workers.. Weak or non-existent unions means, low pay. Low pay means more money for management. In the absence of a union, familiarize yourself with labor laws (available at the Department of Labor web site), you’d be surprised how many laws your boss is breaking.
10. See no. 1.