Is anyone like… scared of getting laid off the second they get hired

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Yes

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Be silly not to. At some point it felt like every quarter, either at work or in the industry.

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Ive been at the same agency since 2008. I still have an irrational fear of being laid off.

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It me!

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Yes. And yet I have never been laid off, so perhaps I need to get out of my own negative headspace and just enjoy what I have while I have it.

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We just gotta take it day by day! And If we get laid off- it was supposed to happen that way

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In an advertising agency, yes. Go in house to industry and it's more stable.

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Constantly

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Yes. I took a job where everyone was getting laid off and they were like “why’d they hire you when everyone else is getting laid off.” It was a miserable situation and I couldn’t answer that question with any confidence. So, I quit. Took a job that wasn’t a dumpster fire. Stopped worrying and learned to love. Now I spend my mornings cawing with the seabirds. Spend my days skipping and winking at golden retrievers. Spend my nights sleeping heavily with not a single tear on my bone dry pillow.

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