Nothing like one bad apple ruining the whole barrel

Corra Daily Planet had an interesting article about the recent bad employee situation where an employee deleted the entire database for an architecture firm because she feared they were going to fire her. She heard that they were looking to hire someone else and she just assumged she was going to be fired. Turns out the company wasn't going to fire her, but now they are.

Reminds me that it's is important to always take a vacation every year as part of your proper work life balance. It's easy to worry about what your bosses are doing, especially in a time of economic crisis. Are they going to lay me off? Part of the adventure of traveling is the unexpected: you can only do so much to be ready. Sometimes its is adversity in life than makes the lessons so more more vital. The lessons of backpacking is carry a light backpack. Don't get so entrenched into your job, especially if you are not the business owner. Keep up your contacts with recruiters, keep networking, take vacations. you'd be surprised how many better work opportunities arise on vacation. You meet other professionals on vacation, and more importantly you meet winners on vacations. Meet them. Learn from them. Get the new job when you get back.