i was laid-off twice early in my career in very large reorgs / cost-cutting.
the thing that wld have been helpful for me to hear then was 'this is not abt you. you were a number on someone's spreadsheet. they wanted that number to go down by 1000 or 2000 or 10,000'.
so, to anyone who needs to hear that today:
it's not abt you. you did nothing wrong.
@jbminn I worked for a global organisation for 25+ years. Was given notice and 2 days later found my role being advertised in Poland. It wasn't about me, just my location and the market 'price' for resource there.
That's all I was, a regrettable expense on a balance sheet. Not a human, not a sentient being with responsibilities and a right to a standard of living. Just a number.
John Minnihan
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