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I was! Best thing to ever happen, you will bounce back just fine. Sometimes your just not a good fit for the role or culture of the company.
You will find something better suited for YOU.
If you’re feeling the vibe, and get a HR meeting on your cal randomly, start forwarding contacts of past folks who can help provide references.
Good news - you’ve got a global pandemic to use as the excuse. That’s how you’ll approach it when applying for new jobs. (Tell people it was a covid layoff)
But yeah - use the time to reflect.
You’ll be fine. It’s way scarier before it happens than when it actually happens.
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Ask yourself two questions:
1) what are things you could do better or differently in your next role and some concrete steps you could take to make the change?
But while it’s important to grow, it’s also important not to be too harsh on yourself. Also ask:
2) what ways did this job/company fail me, and how can I be really clear in my search to find an organization that won’t have those problems?
I have been fired, and agree with all the above!
I want to add that in some cases (mine included), the next place isn't necessarily "the perfect fit" or a step up. It's important not to view the next move as a complete "solution", or as a referendum on yourself & your future success.
To ground this in my personal experience : I landed at an agency of equal stature very quickly, but one that was arguably a worse fit than the place that fired me. I'm grateful for having the immediate option & for not losing more than one paycheck, but beat myself up for awhile wondering why I wasn't a fit at either place. As it turns out, both were similar in ways I wouldn't see / address until later -- I did eventually figure out "my fit", just later on.
In sum, my .02 (if you are indeed let go) is to keep going, and to take whatever steps build your career & life looking forward, step by step. Leave the past in the past emotionally, it happens to the best of us.
Not the end of the world. Happens to a lot more people than you think. They just don’t brag about it. It’s a job, and you’ll change a few during your career. Focus on where and how you’d like to land for your next gig. Put your energies there and start looking/preparing. Personally I don’t believe anyone should be “fired” unless they assault someone. There’s always a way to discuss things as civilized people, and there’s always more than one side to any story. I personally think one has to have some real self-confidence issues to fire someone just like that.
Thank you for the kind words everyone, you’ve all made me feel a ton better. I appreciate the advice as well, it’ll help if it does happen.
I 2nd this!
Yes. It’s sucks. The feeling sucks, but you move on. I would say 90% of the industry has been let go at some point of the other. I just tell potential employers it was time to go because of XYZ not that I was canned. I’ve always gotten another gig relatively quick so I don’t think they really care if you were let go. It’s the industry.
I’ve been let go and all I had to say in interviews is the agency wasn’t doing well enough to keep me.
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I was! 2x in my career actually. Both times landed on the right side of it and definitely for the better. Better pay, work, fit, etc
Pivot the interview question about what you’re looking for, not why you left. I’m excited to come work here because of X, Y and Z.
that’s the case at my current gig and I love it. sucked for a little while to find something but am so much happier in the long run.
&h!t happens. sometimes it’s not the right fit.
Same 🤣
Fired twice. Piece of cake. Next job you basically sidestep the question, or answer truthfully but with the ol marketing spin.
I think last time I said something along the lines of it was a bad fit and I'd be happy to go into more detail or leave it at that, and they left it at that.
We've all been there. I may grill you a bit on it, make sure you're not going to be troublesome, but if you give me a decent reason and have good references I'll chalk it up to them over you.
The thing is plenty of bosses suck. Companies suck. Relationships don't always work out. I get that. I just gotta make sure the problem wasn't you before I hire you.
I was! From a terrible, toxic environment. I pivoted and went back for grad school and totally changed fields, i have framed it as a turning point for my career and what got me into a position I love and am genuinely amazing at. When I tell recruiters about it, I reference it wasn’t a good fit and we parted on good terms, and leave it at that.
I went 13 years without being fired or laid off (more reading the room and getting out than not being on the block). I got laid off for the first time this year from a job I absolutely hated that I couldn’t quit bc pandemic. It was the first solid night of sleep i had had in two years. Right now no one even seems to ask why you’re leaving. So it’s a good time to take the advice above and just redirect the question to why you want to work for someone rather than why you’re looking. I will say it’s such a relief to rip this bandaid off and know that I can be unceremoniously dismissed and wake up knowing I am still good at this job.
Fired or laid off?
Either way, look ahead. In a couple of yrs, it won’t matter whether you were fired or laid off.