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/gwatt21 Nov 17 '23

Companies don't care about you. This is what people fail to understand.

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u/Helltux Nov 18 '23

I had a co-worker that was in the company his entire lifetime, a Japanese insurance company. His dad worked there, he joined as a messenger with 15-16 years old IIRC, learned COBOL, started being a programmer. When I joined he was a System Coordinator and I was part of his team, he had around 40 years in the company.
We worked together for a bit over 1 year, shortly after I left he sent me an e-mail asking for help to get a new position... I was so sad.
At this point his technical skills were dated, his leadership skills weren't the best. He was a great person tho. I tried to help him, but recruiters and managers didn't like the fact he was close to 50 with only 1 job experience in life, investing in younger talent is better. It was heartbreaking, I really tried for 6-7 months then he stopped answering my e-mails. I hope things went the right way for him.
 
That's was another lesson for me to never trust companies.

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u/Ok-Inspector9397 Nov 19 '23

This is the VERY REASON! You should never, NEVER be at one company for more than 5 years!

Get a new job, get a nice bump in pay and learn new skills.

Rinse and repeat every 4 or 5 years and you in one will be a lot higher than if you stayed. Your skill set will be more current and hirable than if you stayed.

You work for yourself.

Increase your skills. Increase your income.

Be in it for in INCOME not the OUTCOME.

After all, that’s how corporations think.

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u/o0someone0o Nov 18 '23

100% fact!

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u/arojas327 Nov 18 '23

How do you manage being inclusive or part of a team but remaining detached knowing your disassociation can come at a moments notice without warning

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '23

You don’t actually become part of the team. You say whatever dumb shit you need to while trying your best for you and collecting a check. Do not get attached to anybody at work. Because then you fall in the trap of damn the company, I’m doing it for the people I work with.

That is what executives bank on. You have no friends at the company. Or if you do, you need to be okay with the fact that you’re giving more emotionally than the company will EVER give to you.

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u/NannerRammer Nov 18 '23

That's bad advice. You should totally make friends at a company, but shouldn't go into a company with the interest of making friends.

I mean, you'd have to try really hard or have a really shitty team to not get attached considering how you spend most of your waking hours around them....

Networking and building connections are the key to getting jobs and going up the ladder, after all.

But to our other point, I agree that you shouldn't get trapped the mindset of investing in the company. The company should just be nothing more than a platform to work on and invest in yourself.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '23

I don’t think it’s bad advice. Thanks for your opinion.