Noise
Level. Scores 0 to 25. Few signals present. The worry is louder than the evidence.
This check reads common signals. Signals are not a prediction, and this page cannot know your employer's plans. It is not legal advice: in the US, retaliation and discrimination have legal remedies and some layoffs require notice under the WARN Act; if you suspect either, talk to an employment lawyer. If your visa depends on your job, seek immigration counsel early. If the worry is affecting your health, talk to someone; in the US, call or text 988.
Your signal score is 25 or under. Your one on ones and feedback look as they did, plans for your area are going ahead, nothing about your performance has been put in writing, and your field is still looking for people like you. This check calls that Noise. It means few signals are present. It does not mean nothing can happen, because signals are not certainty in either direction.
If the score is low and the worry is high, take the worry seriously anyway. It comes from somewhere: a restructure elsewhere in the company, a friend who was let go, a manager who has gone quiet for reasons that have nothing to do with you, or a stretch of work where you do not know how you are doing. The last one is the easiest to fix.
Not knowing how you are doing is a gap in information, and it fills with the worst guess available. The cure is not reassurance from friends. It is one direct question to the person who knows.
What to do this week. Ask in your next one on one: I want to make sure my time goes on what matters most to you. Is there anything about my work you would like to see more of, or less of? It is a normal question, it does not sound worried, and the answer tells you more than any signal.
Then keep two habits that make any future signal easier to read: a short written note of what you delivered each month, and one conversation a quarter with someone outside your company. If your real question is where you are going rather than whether you are staying, the promotion block finder is the next read.
What to do with this result
If you do not manage people
Your next one on one. Ask the ordinary question: I want to make sure my time goes on what matters most to you. Is there anything you would like to see more of, or less of? Write the answer down. If the worry comes back, you have something better than a guess to hold it against.
The habits that make signals readable. A two line note each Friday on what you delivered and any feedback you heard. One conversation a quarter with someone outside your company. Neither costs much, and both help whatever happens.
If the real question is where you are going next, the free leadership style quiz is a good place to start.
If you manage people
Your people could answer these twelve statements about you, and the manager signals are the ones you control. A cancelled one on one, a quiet week or a meeting someone was not invited to reads as a signal whether you mean it or not. If one of your people would score you this way, you have left them guessing. In Gallup research reported by Fortune, 45 percent of people who left a job voluntarily had no conversation with their manager about their future in the three months before they went.
Keep the one on one, even in a busy quarter. The 1:1 meeting builder gives it a structure, and the 5 Minute Leader is the daily habit set behind it.
Next step
If you need support now
This page is not a crisis service and nobody reads your answers. If you are thinking about harming yourself or you are in danger, reach a person today. In the US, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or text HOME to 741741 to reach Crisis Text Line.
In the UK and Ireland, call Samaritans on 116 123, or text SHOUT to 85258. Anywhere else, call your local emergency number. If work is affecting your sleep or your health, see a doctor. A coach is not the right first call for that, and neither is a quiz.
If this is a legal matter
Harassment and discrimination at work are legal questions, and a quiz cannot answer them. In the US, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission explains what the law covers and how to file a charge at eeoc.gov. In the UK, ACAS gives free, impartial advice at acas.org.uk. An employment lawyer can tell you what applies to you. Nothing on this page is legal advice.
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About this result
This is one of 4 results from the Job Security Signals Check: am I getting fired, a free tool that shows the score without an email. Aggregate figures are at the statistics page once 30 completions have been reached. More free tools are at the tools shelf.