So your supervisor seems pretty smitten with that new junior hire at work, huh? They joined the team less than a month ago and already took your usual seat in meetings, finished those projects you were supposed to have done by now and even co-opted your Thursday evening happy hour session with the boss man.
We’ve all been in a situation like this, and the initial reaction is usually some combination of debilitating panic attacks and begging your boss to please never ever leave you alone in the gelatinous swamp known as job hunting.
People make mistakes in situations like that when they allow themselves to be overrun by their insecurities,” Swan explains. “This is a time to remind yourself why you’re good at your job. Reinforce yourself by developing a strong network where you work and be sure that people know the value you’re bringing.
Rather than trying to undermine the person who might steal your position, the best move, then, is to focus on vocalizing what you bring to the team. “It’s important to speak up,” Swan says. I work with a lot of co-workers who realize they’re not comfortable they might say they don’t like to toot their own horn or show off but that’s a recipe for disaster.
Everyone should always be considering how they can grow and not become complacent in any particular role,” she says. “Sometimes there’s a misconception that working a nine-to-five salary position is more secure than being entrepreneurial and certainly in some ways, it is but it’s also very easy to forget that you can be laid off or replaced at any moment in a rather unceremonious way.
