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re: Spinoff " have you ever been fired and how did you react emotionally?"
Posted on 12/17/15 at 5:59 am to Shenanigans
Posted on 12/17/15 at 5:59 am to Shenanigans
quote:Let me guess: Probably took your shirt off at the Company picnic?
I got let go from my position a sales manager for a Fortune 500 company
just being let go out of nowhere.
Never been fired, probably won't ever be fired.
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Posted on 12/17/15 at 6:12 am to GeauxGoose
I was laid off once and it absolutely sucked even though I saw it coming. It was in early 2009 and there were not many jobs around.
First response was anger, but that passed quickly as concern and worry about the shitty job market took over.
First response was anger, but that passed quickly as concern and worry about the shitty job market took over.
Posted on 12/17/15 at 6:33 am to GeauxGoose
I have never been fired, but I was laid off in 2008. I worked 40 to 50 hours a week and was in school full time for the two years I worked there. Graduated in December and was laid off 3 weeks later along with about 20 other employees. It sucked, but I was planning on leaving the job anyways once I found a better career. I was able to use my time while on unemployment to search for a better job. I got a one month severance package as well as just gotten about $1500 in tuition reimbursement. I got a job a month later which was a soul crushing 4 years of my life, but I was on unemployment and they offered the job so I did the right thing and took it.
Posted on 12/17/15 at 9:56 am to Perrydawg
I was fired in January from a job I had worked at for 13 years. It was a Fortune 500 company that was going through a couple years of declining sales after a decade of incredible growth.
Every year you received a mid year review and an end of year review. You were rated from 1 to 4 overall and also in many different categories. 1 means you're in trouble and 4 means you're perfect and probably about to be promoted. 2 meant some improvement was required but you weren't in trouble. 3 was basically a solid employee. In 13 years, I got a couple 4s and the rest 3s for my overall grade. Bosses were encouraged to hand out some 2s to everyone in the 10 categories that roll up to the overall grade. Even so, I can count on one hand the number of 2s I ever received. And I never got off the record comments that my performance was anything less than great.
So January comes along and I'm told I have an appointment to speak to HR. I wasn't worried because of my past history and a meeting that day didn't mean you were getting fired. For many it was just to explain some role changes as the company restructured. So I showed up feeling fairly comfortable. It took a minute to sink in that they were actually letting me go. Not eliminating my position, but just me. No reason was given other than they were making changes. If I wasn't so shocked I probably would have asked some questions. But I just kind of went numb and said okay.
I didn't cry or anything like that, but I was definitely in a subtle state of shock. HR asked if I needed a minute before we moved on to a quick process to turn stuff in and end my career. I did take a minute and let it sink in. One thing was kind of funny and infuriating. My meeting was with a HR director and the office VP. The office VP had to leave the meeting because he was too choked up having to fire me. It's funny and infuriating because he had to be a major part of the decision. Act like a fricking man if you feel so strongly about me.
I never got a clear answer why I was fired, nor did I really ask about it. My best guess is after 13 years the personality of the office no longer matched mine. The office was a bunch of cheerleading sunshine pumpers. My job was analytics and I was straightforward. I was pretty different from the rest of the leadership team and it was obvious. And it wasn't like that in the past. It did feel good that so many coworkers and clients reached out to me to tell me how pissed they were.
How long did I feel bad? Honest answer was about 3 hours and I was over it. Even though they fired me, they took care of me. I was fired on Jan 29, but stayed on the payroll until April 1 with full pay and benefits. Then I got a severance package of 26 weeks pay plus insurance covered. That meant I had 8 months to find a job before I was even impacted financially. I'm not a very secure person when it comes to a job, but that was enough for me not to worry.
Pretty quickly an advertising agency that worked with the company reached out to me to gauge interest. Long story short, we quickly agreed it would be a good fit to work together. Even better, they wanted to make some changes and take care of stuff so they didn't want to start with me for a few months. So I got to take about 5 months off of work with full pay and then double dip for another 3 months. I'm doing the same thing here I did for my previous company. Except the hours are better, the travel is much less and the stress is almost non-existent. I am making a little less money, but it's a trade I am happy to have made. I knew I wasn't happy at my old job, but I didn't realize how miserable I was.
Felt good to type that out even if nobody reads it.
Every year you received a mid year review and an end of year review. You were rated from 1 to 4 overall and also in many different categories. 1 means you're in trouble and 4 means you're perfect and probably about to be promoted. 2 meant some improvement was required but you weren't in trouble. 3 was basically a solid employee. In 13 years, I got a couple 4s and the rest 3s for my overall grade. Bosses were encouraged to hand out some 2s to everyone in the 10 categories that roll up to the overall grade. Even so, I can count on one hand the number of 2s I ever received. And I never got off the record comments that my performance was anything less than great.
So January comes along and I'm told I have an appointment to speak to HR. I wasn't worried because of my past history and a meeting that day didn't mean you were getting fired. For many it was just to explain some role changes as the company restructured. So I showed up feeling fairly comfortable. It took a minute to sink in that they were actually letting me go. Not eliminating my position, but just me. No reason was given other than they were making changes. If I wasn't so shocked I probably would have asked some questions. But I just kind of went numb and said okay.
I didn't cry or anything like that, but I was definitely in a subtle state of shock. HR asked if I needed a minute before we moved on to a quick process to turn stuff in and end my career. I did take a minute and let it sink in. One thing was kind of funny and infuriating. My meeting was with a HR director and the office VP. The office VP had to leave the meeting because he was too choked up having to fire me. It's funny and infuriating because he had to be a major part of the decision. Act like a fricking man if you feel so strongly about me.
I never got a clear answer why I was fired, nor did I really ask about it. My best guess is after 13 years the personality of the office no longer matched mine. The office was a bunch of cheerleading sunshine pumpers. My job was analytics and I was straightforward. I was pretty different from the rest of the leadership team and it was obvious. And it wasn't like that in the past. It did feel good that so many coworkers and clients reached out to me to tell me how pissed they were.
How long did I feel bad? Honest answer was about 3 hours and I was over it. Even though they fired me, they took care of me. I was fired on Jan 29, but stayed on the payroll until April 1 with full pay and benefits. Then I got a severance package of 26 weeks pay plus insurance covered. That meant I had 8 months to find a job before I was even impacted financially. I'm not a very secure person when it comes to a job, but that was enough for me not to worry.
Pretty quickly an advertising agency that worked with the company reached out to me to gauge interest. Long story short, we quickly agreed it would be a good fit to work together. Even better, they wanted to make some changes and take care of stuff so they didn't want to start with me for a few months. So I got to take about 5 months off of work with full pay and then double dip for another 3 months. I'm doing the same thing here I did for my previous company. Except the hours are better, the travel is much less and the stress is almost non-existent. I am making a little less money, but it's a trade I am happy to have made. I knew I wasn't happy at my old job, but I didn't realize how miserable I was.
Felt good to type that out even if nobody reads it.
This post was edited on 12/17/15 at 9:59 am
Posted on 12/17/15 at 10:00 am to soccerfüt
quote:
Let me guess: Probably took your shirt off at the Company picnic?
No tattoos IRL. Those are trashy
Posted on 12/17/15 at 1:17 pm to Shenanigans
Posted on 12/17/15 at 1:33 pm to offshoretrash
quote:
Started a new business 2 months ago
What kind of business?
I was in radio for a number of years, so naturally I've been fired. The one that really pissed me off was when the SOB who had to interview me PERSONALLY before he let the program director hire me sent someone else to fire me. And THAT guy was equally chickenshit: instead of telling me he was firing me, asked me to give him my key to the station because he locked his in his car.
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