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sdelmonteCan't remember the last time I posted here. Certainly it was before the pandemic. And since that became a thing, I have been doing more or less what everyone else has been, socially distancing and working from home and coping as best as humanly possible. There wasn't much I felt needed to be said.
That changed last week, when my job was terminated. Budget cuts and the usual notion that letting go an older employee might make more sense than keeping younger, cheaper ones, and maybe just a desire to sideline people left from the old regime combined to the end of a 30 year run. I am still in a bit of shock, of course. And concerned about the prospect of trying to find a new job in an economy like this one and at my age. But I am getting a decent severance package and at least for now I don't have to worry immediately about things.
And in some ways, it might be a good thing to cut ties from my old and essentially my only job and start over. If nothing else, I could use a break in the short term from the work world and from the things at the office that had been slowly eating away at me. Which doesn't mean that this doesn't sting and won't keeping stinging for a while. But maybe there is a silver lining somewhere in this rather large and overwhelming cloud.
That changed last week, when my job was terminated. Budget cuts and the usual notion that letting go an older employee might make more sense than keeping younger, cheaper ones, and maybe just a desire to sideline people left from the old regime combined to the end of a 30 year run. I am still in a bit of shock, of course. And concerned about the prospect of trying to find a new job in an economy like this one and at my age. But I am getting a decent severance package and at least for now I don't have to worry immediately about things.
And in some ways, it might be a good thing to cut ties from my old and essentially my only job and start over. If nothing else, I could use a break in the short term from the work world and from the things at the office that had been slowly eating away at me. Which doesn't mean that this doesn't sting and won't keeping stinging for a while. But maybe there is a silver lining somewhere in this rather large and overwhelming cloud.
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Date: May. 31st, 2020 09:06 pm (UTC)What I can say is, it takes more time than you'd think to get over it, but that might only be if you had a kind of bad breakup. It affects everyone differently. If you're looking for new work, it might be worthwhile to find a career counselor who works with your demographic and makes sense to you; I've been finding it super helpful to get to the root of what I want to do. Might be useful for you as well if you're feeling a little "???" about what to do next.
Take care of yourself, or if you're in a goodish place now, set up some things for the you that'll be present in about 2-3 months. From experience, it really helps to have the backup!
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