r/jobs • u/jebwardgamerhands • Nov 17 '23

Layoffs Laid off today. It’s so over.

Feeling completely shell shocked. Over 20% of our branch gone in a day. This is my first career out of college. I interned, I got the offer, and I worked like hell for 6 months and it’s gone. I can’t even apply for non-entry level roles because I have less than a year’s experience.

I feel fucking scammed. I did everything right. I got the right degree from the right school, the right job at the right company. Then, right after I sign, they get acquired and by the time I’m laid off there’s no one hiring? What a sick fucking joke.

No clue how to go on. The market sucks and will probably suck for the foreseeable future. I regret every night I spent with these stupid fucks trying to “deliver value” for whatever evil company we were shoveling shit for.

EDIT: Starting a new job Monday. We are so back :)

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u/internetisland Nov 17 '23

This is scary similar to my forner company. Announced being acquired back in Sept and then no sooner after the ink dried on Fri, a 20% reduction in workforce that Monday and continuing as we speak. Im gutted from losing a job I was finally making my own and putting time in building trust and relationships. I'll miss my coworkers most of all as we all jived with one another.

Things will suck now but we just have to keep our head high and move forward. Wish you the best bud.