The Hard to Fire series

Is your income secure?

A three-book plan for income security in an insecure world.

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The three Hard to Fire books displayed together in a corporate office: Hard to Fire, Soft Landing, and The Walkaway Number.

A different kind of career advice

Calm enough to tell you the truth.

Hard to Fire is a three-book plan for stabilizing and securing your income when employers can change the terms overnight. It lays out the practical steps that career advice usually skips, clearly and in one easy-to-follow roadmap.

Book One helps you become harder to cut while you are still employed. Book Two helps you protect your money and make clear decisions when a layoff hits. Book Three helps you build savings and income streams until leaving is a choice, not a crisis.

No motivation. No panic. Just practical moves, clear-eyed stories, and the occasional sharp quip wrapped in genuine advice.

Book One · Prevention

Fix the plane while it is flying.

Find the weak spots in your role, make your value easier to see, and build breathing room before HR calls the meeting.

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Book Two · Recovery

Land on your feet.

Protect your money, get the terms straight, and make the next move before fear starts making it for you.

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Book Three · Optionality

Make work optional.

Know the number that buys you real choice, start closing the gap, and give yourself more than one way out.

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A warmly lit private workspace with a notebook, pen, clock, and morning light.

About S. R. Whitman

An anonymous corporate insider, speaking plainly.

Whitman writes about the decisions people make in rooms they do not invite you into. The advice is direct, humane, and more useful than being told to update your résumé again.

Start with Hard to Fire

Book One

Hard to Fire

The practical survival guide for staying valuable, using AI, and protecting your income before the next layoff.

Find the weak points in your role. Make your value easier to see. Build breathing room before somebody else decides you need it.

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The series arc

  1. PreventionProtect your footing while you still have it.
  2. RecoveryRebuild after the floor drops out.
  3. FreedomMake work more optional.

Each book’s companion tools open with its release.

Practical notes

Useful notes. No corporate pep talks.

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