Being laid off doesn’t mean you weren’t good enough
Layoffs are usually decided by budgets, business plans and timing, and often have little to do with how well one person did their job. Even knowing that, it still hurts: disappointment, unfairness, embarrassment, worry about what comes next, even wondering whether all those years were for nothing. All of that is normal. Work is a big part of life, but it isn’t all of you, and the experience and skills you built don’t disappear because of one notice.
In the Field Room, let your heart settle a little
Beyond the Field Room balcony is a wide open field, with a slow breeze coming across it, and nobody here asks where you work now. Write on a bedside note the thing you are most worried about right now, then one thing you have genuinely done well over these years, and fold it away so it stays only on your device. Severance, your résumé, whether to rest for a while first, all of that can wait until after a night’s sleep, one thing at a time. If this pressure keeps you from sleeping or eating for a long time, or you start to feel useless, it may help to talk with someone you trust or a professional.
No account, no name, and you can leave whenever you like.
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