For one, my old boss, who laid me off from my last job with no warning (and no severance pay), has sent me a friend request.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That is some hubris on the boss\u2019 part.\u00a0 However, I have to agree with the suggestion made by the author:<\/p>\n
Indeed, even if your old boss did you wrong, he was just doing the company’s dirty work, and now apparently wants to keep in touch. Why not take him up on it? The same goes for your other professional acquaintances. You never know who might be in a position to help your career a year, or five years, from now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The times they are a changin\u2019, aren\u2019t they?\u00a0 Who would of thought of such complicated work questions just 10 years ago?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m sure you have encountered those people who you wonder if they have any social skills whatsoever.\u00a0 I used to work with a guy who would walk in to any conversation between people and just start talking about his topic.\u00a0 No waiting, no gentle interruption \u2013 he just walked in and started firing away.\u00a0 Totally annoying. In that light comes this article from CNNMoney.com.\u00a0 The pull quote from the Q & A article: For one, my old boss, who laid me off from my last job with no warning (and no severance pay), has sent me a friend request. 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