How to Avoid Being Fired: Changing Your Behavior at Work to Keep Your Next Job

In order to change your behavior for your next job, you must first evaluate the factors that causes you to get fired from your last place of employment. To do this, there are a few questions you should ask yourself about the events surrounding your termination of employment.

How was your attendance? Honestly answer the question to yourself, and take into consideration any attendance policy that the company you were working for may have had in place. Were you consistently absent or tardy for an unexcused reason? If you were consistently absent or tardy, what does this say about your reliability to the company? To change your behavior for your new job, you must be persistent about getting to work every day, and being on time. This should be one of the most important tasks that you must do each day. You should not miss work, or be tardy for work, unless you are sick enough to go to the doctor, or if you have to be in court. Until you are eligible for personal and sick days, you should not miss work at all.

How was your work performance? Were you consistently told to get back to work, or that you were not as productive as you should be or are required to be? Did you give your job 100%, or were you just there for a free ride? Most companies cannot afford to pay someone who is not a productive employee, as it costs them more money to keep you there than you are making for the company. Whether your coworkers like to goof around or not, you need to take care of yourself, and your own finances, so your need to be giving your job 100%. Do you very best to be the most efficient, effective, productive worker that your company has in their employ.

Did you consistently get injured on the job, or fail to comply with safety regulations? If so, do you think that a company should put themselves and the safety of others at risk, just to make sure that you have a job? When an individual consistently gets injured on the job, they become a liability to the company, which raises the cost of their insurance, and increases their chances of getting sued. When starting a new job, you need to remember to always follow safety rules and protocol. It is imperative that you use proper safety methods in order to secure your job, and your safety.

If you fail to follow any of these guidelines, you will probably be looking for another place of employment very soon. These guidelines are not difficult to follow, so do your best to keep them in the forefront of your mind, while at work.