Freelancing-Your Weapon Against Global Firing Wave

Acquisitions, shutdowns, layoffs! Year 2016 has seen it all on the business front.

“India’s largest e-commerce player Flipkart is sacking at least 700 employees, or over 3 per cent of its workforce, as it looks to cut cost to compete with rivals like Amazon and Snapdeal.”

If reading news is your passion or a necessity to be updated, you would be well aware that many big reliable names across various industries are on a firing spree. Yes, any business is unpredictable, owing to the unplanned reactions, market shifts, customer response, and a lot of things. And between the ups and downs, how businesses make to survive in long run is by cutting short the workforce.

We all are a part of modern economy and thus very much familiar with the risks involved. And to be honest, we are fortunate to be reaping the benefits of high wages, flexible work hours, looking for enjoyment at work, and also changing jobs every two-three years. But again, we are paying a cost for it; yes, the jobs do not come with any guarantee and are not safe.

Nothing is stable, not a business, nor a job. Today it works, tomorrow it may not. Just take an example of Nokia. One of the brands that enjoyed high time in the market and once it got a high competition, but could not survive when it failed to compete with the latest technology in market, Android.

However, in the process of company trying to stabilize themselves at the cost of its workforce, by firing or asking to resign. What about the career of an employee, their finances, their stability? What will take on the hold and aid to sustain at the professional end? In the later part of this section, we are going to discuss the impact of sudden firing and the ways to deal with it.

Firing is Spoiling and So Does Its Effects

Public Firing has After-Effects

In the recent past, a lot of famed organizations have done bulk firing and that too by announcing it publicly. Blaming the employees for their under-performance is one of the common reasons given for firing and as a consequence, employees find it difficult to maintain an effective image in interviews or while selection.

Career Gap is Unacceptable

You never know how much time will it take to find a new job. Probably, one week, one month, or a two. And later, this gap not only will give the new employer the reason to shoot questions but also if not in practice, will restrict a kick start.

Managing Finances becomes Hard

What if the employee being fired is the only earning member of the family? Such situations not only cause depression but also causes one to compromise with a lot of wishes and in selection of next job.

Everything has an Answer and So Does Firing

Business instability is common nowadays and thus it is important to look out for a solution to deal with it. If not permanently, freelancing could decently answer the firing tragedy. It can let you gain the confidence back, help to deal with finances, fill up the gap, and improve the portfolio.

You can utilize any of your skill to freelance. You can use platforms like Ruprr where you can make a mention about your skills, by registering to free seller’s account. With jobs offered in major streams like IT and software development, writing and translation, graphic and design, online marketing and many others, finding a job that matches your skill is easy. With an effective portfolio and right bidding scheme, freelancing proves to be a convenient and reliable option to work around the consequences of sudden firing.