Three days later, I realized that I was beginning to feel relief. Now I feel great because 2U is behind me. It’s interesting how losing a job immediately affects us - you feel all kinds of negative emotions, and you question your competence and skills. Then you realize that the job was not worth keeping it in the first place and you feel liberated. In any case, don’t despair. What comes next will most probably be better in comparison.
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Stop spending more than 2-3 years at the same employer, you’re losing money, skills, and opportunity that way. Loyalty to your employer gets you nothing. A layoff like this has literally nothing to do with your competence, seriously, tf.
No one should question their competence if they are laid off from 2U. The only thing they should question is what compelled them to stay at 2U for so long in the first place.
This company has been ran into the ground by the most incompetent leadership around. it is the result of THEIR incompetence that so many good employees are tossed out.
The grass is ALWAYS greener on the other side. Not saying there aren't hard times, but you'll land on your feet.
I've now known several of the most talented, passionate and smart people I've worked with who were treated horribly by 2U because 2U leadership has never been great at spotting actual ability.
Honestly I was laid off over a year ago - I think in the 3rd round of layoffs before everything REALLY fell apart and I'm honestly amazed more people haven't left 2U sooner. Being laid off from there was the best professional thing to happen to me because it pushed me out of a dead end job that was he-l bent on not letting me succeed (not to mention a manager who actively worked against me because she felt threatened by another women's ambition) and threatened to put me on a PIP even though I SURPASSED MY METRICS (but I didn't do it at the "cadence" they would have preferred??? Nonsense) that place was a nightmare. It was a dead end. You will be better off and I wish you the best of luck! In this case the grass DEFINITELY is greener!!!!!!!!
The only disappointing thing about a lay-off in the long run, is realizing how much sooner you should've left. You got this!