I realize others on this board have also been laid off at different times. And I know that it’s always a risk when working for a private company. Still, the timing is awful. About 15 percent of staff were laid off. I worked for a health care consulting firm.
At the same time, having no time to transition anything from a work computer is awful. Yes, I am fully aware that this is the standard when being let go.
I feel decent about my job prospects but yesterday was a huge blow to my ego. It’s the first time in 30+ years of working that I’ve lost a job of any kind and been unemployed.
I know others have experienced being laid off, and I’m not unique or special. But it really, really sucks.
Half my customers (or more) have announced massive layoffs in the past few weeks. Just yesterday I learned of more.
Best wishes to you landing on your feet and who knows even upgrading. Sometimes these things work out for the best.
Here's hoping for a quick transition to a better and higher paying job. Huge industry, so there should be opportunities.
That sucks. But at least you had some advance warning.
Many of my agency coworkers took pay cuts for the security in govt jobs. Of course, we get to stress over every Congressional game of chicken with budgets and debt ceiling, but not having that invisible axe perpetually hanging over our head is worth it. Plus, it's a fantastic way to line up the runway for retirement.
Check USAJOBS to see if there's anything that matches your resume.
I’ve been in HC on the legal side for 25 years and will keep my ears open. Tons of oppty out there in this space.
Half my customers (or more) have announced massive layoffs in the past few weeks. Just yesterday I learned of more.
Best wishes to you landing on your feet and who knows even upgrading. Sometimes these things work out for the best.
No media coverage, just thank Bidenomics. Not to get political but this admin has sunk our economy as well as most of our country. No real surprise, saw it coming. Wish you the best dor a quick rebound sir.
Not to get political but
but you just did heh..
Anyways, best of luck RCPhoenix, I am sure you will land on your feet.
This too shall pass.
My company used to have layoffs in the middle of December. I think because it was the end of the first fiscal quarter.
Anyway, one of the young HR people raised the timing as an issue to management. There were no more layoffs around the holidays. Years later, she was promoted to a high position.
I saw someone fired on his birthday too. Wish companies had more heart in the timing of layoffs.
I was "RIF'd" back in 1997 (I am a bit older and now retired). It was from a job I had actually asked for within the company, only to be laid off within 3 months. This was just before my oldest was to graduate HS and begin college. Within a month, I was working again and never looked back.
Anyway --
Keep your chin up and stay positive. I learned that (a) my job did not define who I was and that my family and faith were there to support me (b) my family was far more important than any job and I vowed never to place them second in my attention, ever (c) learned who my true friends were (d) always maintain a network, just in case and finally (e) never fully trust a corporate employer - maintain a healthy skepticism, don't drink the "kool aid" and perform your duties to the best of your ability without committing emotionally beyond that.
You have much to offer a new employer, you will get a new job and, with it, hopefully, a renewed sense of your own self worth and appreciation for your loving family. It will work out for you.
Best of luck and God Bless, my BBI friend.
I have a co-worker who just found out she has cancer. The end of life kind. We can all be here one day and gone the next.
Try to enjoy the holidays and get yourself ready to hit the job market.
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and it's prevalent right now and massive, surprised it is not getting more attention in the media.
Half my customers (or more) have announced massive layoffs in the past few weeks. Just yesterday I learned of more.
Best wishes to you landing on your feet and who knows even upgrading. Sometimes these things work out for the best.
No media coverage, just thank Bidenomics. Not to get political but this admin has sunk our economy as well as most of our country. No real surprise, saw it coming. Wish you the best dor a quick rebound sir.
If having someone to blame makes you feel better that's fine. I've been laid off and had an employer shut down with no notice over the last 45 years so I've come to the conclusion it's just SOP in any modern capitalist economy. I try to balance the fear of layoffs and bankruptcies against the relative ease (at least in my personal experience) of finding new work.
Which leads to what I regard as the biggest lesson I've learned from working for a living: Always - always - be looking for your next job. Make your next job change your job change.
I found a way better opportunity for myself and I couldn't be happier that I was laid off.
Worst thing you can do is sit and feel sorry for yourself, because the universe isn't.
Just try to learn something from this situation. Maybe next time when you feel layoffs could be happening, you will start looking in advance just incase you do get let go. You'll learn how disiplined and determined you are to get out there and put your best foot forward finding a new job. And again, you'll go through interviews and not get selected, that is out of your control, don't get upset about that. Just make sure you prepare and do the best you can on your interviews and you can at least walk away proud of yourself.
Anyway, keep networking, get your name out there. If you have severance & can land a gig and double dip, I'd highly recommend (which is something I did and allowed me to build up a nice savings that went to pay towards college).
I learned to take these things in stride. Stressing won't change anything and it will work out.
Half my customers (or more) have announced massive layoffs in the past few weeks. Just yesterday I learned of more.
Best wishes to you landing on your feet and who knows even upgrading. Sometimes these things work out for the best.
Lean on your family and friends to get through this and trust that better days are ahead.
Damn, that's rough, the kind of a character building time that once you get through it, it kinds of drives and motivates you to avoid it again - even tough it's often out of your control.
scary time for sure for the OP, and probably hard to not get stressed, but try and use the stress as a motivator. Make sure to take care of yourself.
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and it's prevalent right now and massive, surprised it is not getting more attention in the media.
Half my customers (or more) have announced massive layoffs in the past few weeks. Just yesterday I learned of more.
Best wishes to you landing on your feet and who knows even upgrading. Sometimes these things work out for the best.
No media coverage, just thank Bidenomics. Not to get political but this admin has sunk our economy as well as most of our country. No real surprise, saw it coming. Wish you the best dor a quick rebound sir.
This economy is a Rorschach inkblot
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and it's prevalent right now and massive, surprised it is not getting more attention in the media.
Half my customers (or more) have announced massive layoffs in the past few weeks. Just yesterday I learned of more.
Best wishes to you landing on your feet and who knows even upgrading. Sometimes these things work out for the best.
MSM won't focus too much on this but I do agree and corporate bankruptcies were up in 2023.
Do you even watch MSM? I watch CNBC most of my day, and they focus on this quite a bit.
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and it's prevalent right now and massive, surprised it is not getting more attention in the media.
Half my customers (or more) have announced massive layoffs in the past few weeks. Just yesterday I learned of more.
Best wishes to you landing on your feet and who knows even upgrading. Sometimes these things work out for the best.
MSM won't focus too much on this but I do agree and corporate bankruptcies were up in 2023.
Do you even watch MSM? I watch CNBC most of my day, and they focus on this quite a bit.
Yep. The economy is in a weird place despite low overall unemployment. High interest rates are putting all of the companies that were living off VC/PE funding rounds without having a path towards profitability at risk of imploding. No more free money to prop up unsustainable business models.
Do you even watch MSM? I watch CNBC most of my day, and they focus on this quite a bit.
CNBC is a cable business network, not MSM. FWIW
Still not helping RC Phoenix...
My advice...take the next week to let ALL your friends and family know (there's a small chance one of them can help you).
Next, review your resume, but don't spend more than 1-2 days on it. Send it to friends/family to ask their feedback.
Make a list of local companies you would like to learn more
about. Look at LinkedIn and see if you know anyone who works at these "target" companies. Call friends/ex-coworkers and ask if they know anyone at these companies that can help you learn more...but don't ask for a job just yet.
This is a project that needs your full attention, so make it a full time job to find your next job.
Half my customers (or more) have announced massive layoffs in the past few weeks. Just yesterday I learned of more.
Best wishes to you landing on your feet and who knows even upgrading. Sometimes these things work out for the best.
Its been pretty clear that the last few jobs reports weren't good when you dig into the data. Probably backdate the recession to Q4 of this year as we are about to triger the Sahm rule.
Theres also a huge mismatch in whats needed vs what people do. Lots of jobs available in the serf class as well as some higher end manufacturing jobs, not so much high paid white collar work. See it here in Florida, people are desperate and taking these garbage compensation teacher gigs until they find the next thing. Next thing might not be around the corner for a while.
A huge problem no one is talking about is we are all financially responsible for our job training for the most part, yet the job market is shifting and whats needed is moving faster and faster.
Took a couple months but landed with a company back in March - best thing that happened to me career wise
I am rooting for you !
In case it helps, I worked at Avalere, primarily on Medicare Advantage and Part D policy. I worked at CMS for ten years.
If you know of leads feel free to email me at tomkornfield@yahoo.com.
I used to post here as RobCarpenter - account was suspended, and when I returned I went for a new name.
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and it's prevalent right now and massive, surprised it is not getting more attention in the media.
Half my customers (or more) have announced massive layoffs in the past few weeks. Just yesterday I learned of more.
Best wishes to you landing on your feet and who knows even upgrading. Sometimes these things work out for the best.
No media coverage, just thank Bidenomics. Not to get political but this admin has sunk our economy as well as most of our country. No real surprise, saw it coming. Wish you the best dor a quick rebound sir.
This is such good advice. I've been there too, was laid off from a lucrative IT job. It took me 5 months, and lots of worry, but I found an outstanding job that I've done for over 20 years now.
I am hopeful as I have a few interviews again after going about 60 days with out..
But one thing I am thinking is,, is it just time to shut it down?? Retire from corporate america and all its BS and just retire and then find me a PT job selling weed at a local dispensary.
I am hopeful as I have a few interviews again after going about 60 days with out..
But one thing I am thinking is,, is it just time to shut it down?? Retire from corporate america and all its BS and just retire and then find me a PT job selling weed at a local dispensary.
I like your latter plan.
My retirement job, and I have thought a lot about this, is to be the guy who drives cars from dealership to dealership. that guy just hangs out, drinks coffee, until he needs to move a car and then he gets to drive brand new cars (usually).
I think this job will be hard to get, all the old timers want them I think.
This is 100% how I feel now - making a little less but the peace of mind is so much more worth it
heartless. I worked for a start up once, and our product went GA and immediately after they laid off the whole QA team (plus far more from engineering) since they wouldn't be needed as much for a while. One guy was on vacation in Aruba and they called him to make sure he knew instead of just waiting until he came back and doing it.
This was actually a pretty vicious layoff. it too was right around this time. Around 11:30am the managing director/CEO began summoning people sort of one by one into a conference room. I was one of them. They said we have been invited to a company lunch at Cheesecake Factory. It was walking distance from our office in Cambridge, MA at the Galleria mall. So we walked in a big group to Cheesecake Factory. Sat down we're all order lunch and never thought for one second this is a weird group to be eating lunch with.
then, as food was arriving our phones starting blowing up. Anyone not invited to this lunch was summoned 1 by 1 into a conference room with an HR person and security guard. Informed they were no longer employed and the security guard followed them to their desk to watch as they packed up their personal belongings and were then perp walked out of the building and ID badge and key cards handed in.
It was great for morale (/s) and obviously brutal for the people let go. Seemed kind of savage and unnecessary to do it that way.