Comments on: The “Well, shit…I lost my job, it sucks, but it sort of feels OK” post

By: Gigina0831

Gigina0831 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:45:00 +0000

You are not alone! I am so sorry to hear another person has been treated as though they are expendable. I just lost my job Friday, I am still in such dis-belief that I go from crying, to this is a good thing, to what do I do now! So this story touches me and in a way that words cannot even begin to explain. I know that this opens the doors to anything I may want to do but what do I want? I always wanted to do something, anything that helped other but how do you do that and still feed yourself? Guess I am on that journey and I thank you for making realize I am not alone.

By: Matt Cheuvront

Matt Cheuvront — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:58:00 +0000

Yep. Things happen pretty damn quick, and often unexpectedly. But as much as it sucks, sometimes it’s exactly the kick in the ass you need to start your next great thing.

By: Matt Cheuvront

Matt Cheuvront — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:56:00 +0000

Glad I could help, Mikey. Hope all is better in your neck of the woods.

By: Matt Cheuvront

Matt Cheuvront — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:56:00 +0000

I know it sucks. Believe me. But it’s going to get better. If you ever need to vent, or just want to chat, the door’s always open, feel free to shoot me an email. matt@proofbranding.com.

By: A Statistic

A Statistic — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:26:00 +0000

I just got layed off…fired…pretty much one in the same and it does suck ass. I’m 28yrs old with a BA degree and no job opportunities available. I apply each week (it’s been 6 wks now) for all kinds of positions. Ones that I wouldn’t even consider are now a very real possibility for me and yet I still only receive rejection. I was like you and for the first 2 wks I was upbeat and my boyfriend referred to be as a “Stepford Wife” but now I really just don’t care anymore. I have never been let go from any job and was told that I was fired….or layed off due to budget as a state employee, which took a horrible blow to my ego. I hated my job and my co-workers treated the public like they were beneath them so I had been wanting out for sometime, but being one of the many on unemployment now just makes me feel like the college degree that I’m still paying off was a huge waste of time. Like you, I just needed to vent and maybe I will see the bright side soon enough but right now it feels like a big black hole.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:35:00 +0000

Was feeling sad, upset, broken, dejected, thrown away like wasted paper. u00a0But as you u00a0said: “It’s the battle that has been lost, and not the war”. u00a0And it’s just today. Tomorrow is still to come, breaking into a new dawn and new possiblilities to turn over a new leaf!!!!u00a0nnThanks for cheering up!!!

By: Amitavmishra

Amitavmishra — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:31:00 +0000

Hey dude………..its i think 1 year 8 months later. i too face the same situation. woke up early, went to work, did my job and suddenly asked by my manager to quit. i am still shocked how things happened so quickly

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By: Kennethmdouglass

Kennethmdouglass — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:51:00 +0000

Helllo all. I was “laid off” (actually I was fired based on trumped up charges) on St. Patrick’s day, March 17, 2011. First, I am 50 years old this May 17. I was called into a yearly review meeting and greeted with “today is your last day at (company)”. I froze. All that is within me went literally solid. I was a cube of granite sitting in a conference room where I had shared my opinions and view for over 6 years – and being lauded for them -u00a0 and here I sat. I could not/ would not speak. I was in shock and mortally upset to say the least.nnWhat have I learned? Well, coincidentally, our lease was up in a month from my getting ‘let go’. Who is going to rent to someone who is unemployed??u00a0 The situation was grim. On the drive out I realized I left a bag of personal stuff behind. I turned around and had to go back. Like returning to a battlefield from which you have been exonerated, I did so. I walked back into the building, to my desk, retrieved my belongings and left – for a second time. nnI have learned – so far – that nothing is a guarantee. Nothing is definitive. Nothing is for sure. In 2010 my wife and I lost our home to a short sale because of the housing crisis. After 15 years of being home owners, we became renters once again. Now this. Did I say I am 50? Did I say I am scared? Did I say I feel like I have failed time and time again in my life?nnI have learned that only what is inside you – whatever it is – is what makes you. This is where you live or die. Like Matt, you have to continue. Though I have not been able to continue my routine (though I must confess, waking up to no clock in the arms of the one person I love dearly has been incredible), we are in the process as I write this of moving to a whole new place, even a new lifestyle and I am set and excited about the hunt for a new job. It will work. I have faith – in what is my business, but I have it and it has only been strengthened. nnThank you, Matt, for this outlet. If this is posted, and I can read it, I will have made yet another step forward in recovery.nnTo all who suffer the same plight – hang in there!!nn-ol’ man ken….

By: Lovemanmotion

Lovemanmotion — Sat, 14 May 2011 03:55:00 +0000

Ive been laidoff six times from the same company in the last five months and it feels really good.