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John Minnihan Jan 20, 2023

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.

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polly

@jbminn Once you've been made redundant, you realise that ultimately you are a just cost on the payroll. If that cost can be cut, it will.

However committed you are, or how many hours of unpaid overtime you do, no company or organisation will love you back.