Define: "Career Cushioning" in Business
Minimal fiscal damage
"Use the corporate training budget to its maximum limit before Q4. They are paying for your exit strategy."
The act of keeping one's options open and actively maintaining skills in anticipation of potential economic instability.
What does "Career Cushioning" actually mean?
"Quietly renewing your Cisco and Palo Alto certifications on company time because you know the current executive strategy is going to trigger mass layoffs."
"We encourage continuous learning, though we recognize some employees engage in it as a form of career cushioning."
"Dave is aggressively career cushioning; he just expensed three AWS certification exams and updated his LinkedIn headline."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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