Senior staff suspect they're getting replaced after manager demands they fully train new interns: ‘The training has been going mysteriously slowly’

Training new employees: A sign you're moving up in the company or being let go altogether?

If your company ever decides to hire a bunch of interns to learn everything your team has been doing for years, for a lot less money, it might be a sign to brush up your resume and start looking for a new job. It doesn't necessarily mean you are getting fired, but as soon as your company has someone who can do your job for a lot less money, it won't be long before they come to the conclusion that they have no reason to keep you around. And when they do, it is much better for you to be as prepared as you can be.

When the company below tasked a team of 8 senior finance employees with training a group of 6 new interns, every single one of the senior employees understood what this meant. Why would the company demand the training of interns to do the same job they have been doing for years, if not for the goal of replacing the senior staff with a newer, cheaper workforce? And why not make it easier on the transition by getting the senior staff to train the interns before they all get fired?

Since the team could see what was coming, they decided to band together and ensure they all had time to prepare before the inevitable arrived. So, instead of properly training the interns, the team decided to sabotage the training process by doing it as slowly as possible. The slower the training goes, the more time everyone on the team has to prepare, and maybe to show the management that they should not be replaced at all.

No one wants to find themselves training their own replacement, but if you do, maybe take a few notes from the team below. They stuck together, and they made sure no one got left behind. And if you have any more advice for them, scroll down to ensure they know it before they are forced to leave.