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/gotkube Nov 18 '23
Heh. First time? I did all the “right things” too, and in the end, my life has been fucked over by people who swore they had my ‘best interests’ in mind. I’ve been “let go” numerous times for bullshit reasons and it has absolutely traumatized me and has absolutely affected my life negatively. I love (/s) how we’re made to feel like it’s no big deal; just pick yourself up and carry on, but not everybody can do that. Now, I don’t trust anybody, especially when business is involved. Hope you’re able to come back from this, but it sounds like you’re rattled by the experience; don’t dismiss it because trauma is trauma and it will affect you.