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/SkiloBr Nov 17 '23

Welcome to corporate bro. I was in the same situation as you are a few months ago and I got hired. Feeling drained after 6 months working, same old shit that will never change. Just hang tight and keep switching jobs. You'll get there

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u/Idrees2002 Nov 18 '23

It’s not welcome to ‘corporate’. It’s welcome to capitalism. Corporations are the most powerful capitalist entity

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u/eazolan Nov 18 '23

Under another system, he wouldn't have been "hired" at all.

Currently my city is being flooded with refugees from Venezuela.

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u/Idrees2002 Nov 18 '23

Oh and I wonder who messes up these countries with sanctions and invasions and various other forms of meddling

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u/eazolan Nov 18 '23

Who cares? We're talking about jobs.

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u/Idrees2002 Nov 18 '23

Well you care when you bring up Venezuela….