Your feelings are valid

When I got laid off from my last job, everyone acted like I should just get over it and move on. Like it was no big deal. Sc--w that and sc--w them.

Getting laid off hits hard and it's okay to feel gutted. That paycheck wasn't just money, it was your routine, your purpose, maybe even part of how you saw yourself. Anyone calling you bitter for reeling after that kind of blow has clearly never had their livelihood yanked out from under them.

This isn't some minor setback, it's a real loss. You're allowed to mourn. Scream into a pillow if you need to. Go for angry walks. Spend a day in your sweatpants staring at the ceiling. The corporate world moves on cold and quick, but human beings don't work that way.

The just-stay-positive crowd can kick rocks. Healing isn't linear. Some days you'll crush applications, other days you'll barely want to check your email. Both are part of the process. Your worth wasn't in that job, no matter how bad it stings right now.

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@at yeah. Don't wallow too long. It'll become a habit. Take that from me

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Pickle-ball not for me, but I used to play tennis and might pick that up soon..
I agree one or more worthy volunteer gigs are in my future as well.

Preach brother

@aa, if you don't want to work, you don't want to travel... def want to get off the couch and be active. Maybe volunteer at the local food bank or you could learn to play pickleball.

Small world, big problems. Big world, small problems.

I’ve made the list of names of the worst offenders and watching where they pop up next. Then email to their employer anonymously. If they backstabbed to stay at Intel, email to HR coming up they have to investigate

Life is never easy and its OK to take time, but some dont have the luxury. I have family to support and sent out resumes the same hour i was laid off. Its not if you fall but if you get up. “I dont have time to bleed”

OP.. I agree wholeheartedly and empathize with you..

At near age 55, I took the CPM-VSP-Early Retirement offer last year from Intel.
While my personal circumstances allow me to continue a good and stable lifestyle without full-time employment, the LOSS of a sense of purpose, the routine, and yes community (whatever was left at Intel) still is the biggest negative impact to me.

Unfortunately, many of us find out that Intel work relationships were extremely both transactional and superficial, so once you are gone you are quickly forgotten.

I am neither a "golfer" nor a "travelver/explorer", so I am lucky to have gained contract work to keep me occupied during the daytime and it's a flexible pace as well.

I don't think I want to have a full-time, corporate job ever again, but who knows what may happen if the economy makes a turnaround and the "AI" myth goes away?

Good luck to you OP. It’s sad what the workplace has become. You pour your heart and soul into something but ultimately are treated as disposable as a cattle at a factory farm.
Don’t internalize it too much, corporations have just become soulless machines that care only about money and we are all supposed to worship capitalism.
Take this as an opportunity to reassess. Best to you.

Hold them accountable. Watch write to their new employers anonymously.

Thank you for this. I needed this empathetic response today. It’s been tough

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