HR lessons | 5 OBVIOUS signs you're about to lose your job

Losing your job can be an immensely stressful experience and whilst redundancies are an inevitable part of the ever-shifting corporate landscape, being let go from a company based on performance or poor conduct has grave ramifications for future career prospects.

Luckily, it should be relatively easy to avoid the five key reasons for being fired, according to The Muse which are: stealing company property, lying to a client, bullying or harassment in the workplace, not completing set tasks and consistently arriving at work late. If these five key causes apply to you, it might be time to re-assess your professional conduct and make some key changes before re-entering the corporate world.

However, having truly fair warning that being let go is imminent relies on strong upper management, which may well be lacking in your company. If management is ineffective, there’s a good chance that your key points of critical assessment will go un-actioned, and as such so will your chances to identify your weaknesses and work on them.

In this case, identifying these five key signs that your performance is on the rocks can literally be the difference between having a job and not. So, here are five things to avoid if you feel like you may be close to losing your job.