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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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Christine Brösenhuber

@jbminn So true! In his late 20s, my hubby way laid off by the first company he worked for (after only 3 months) cuz it'd been bought by a US one. He was on the bottom rung of the ladder + had to go. Tough, bt he didn't allow that to deter him. About 15 years, + also a burn out, near lawsuit + unemployment while we were raising 2 toddlers later he has almost reached a CEO position. Anything's possible!