Just got fired. Was planning on quitting anyway, but damn I’d so much rather be the dumper than the dumpee. Sucks

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Happened to me 6 to 7 months ago. In a great job now. It will happen for you too

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Chin up! It happens to the best of us, and now you're freed up to chase bigger and better goals. Good luck :)

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I’m sure you got severance AND now qualify for unemployment. Yes it’s an ego hit but from a bank account perspective this is the ideal scenario if you were planning on quitting with nothing lined up

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Fired is for cause or poor individual performance, you don’t get paid out anything for that. Laid off is for poor department/company performance, they give severance for that. Big difference

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I got fired from a job once about 15 years ago. I look at it as one of the best things that happened to me - I hated that job but kept trying to make it work. The change forced me to find something that inspired me, and I never look back. You will be fine!!

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ditto. best thing that ever happened to me.

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Fresh start. Take your mind off it for now then right back to the hunt

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Are you PwC? Join the ex-PwC bowl. https://joinfishbowl.com/bowl_tear8

Look at the bright side, you get some severance. Take a few days to just de stress because you will stress, and do something you couldn’t do while employed Happened to me last year and I came out stronger.

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PwC?

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What group?

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Being fired sounds great... especially if you were gonna quit. Much better end of the stixk

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My 64 year old dad got word his last day is in two weeks 😭. At least you’re young and recovery will be easier.

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That’s true

Sorry to hear that. Did you get “fired” or did you get “laid off”? Asking because I am in the same boat. Hope it’s the latter 😅

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Fire is for cause. Lay off means business decision not related to performance or action of the employee

Take some time. Get a perspective and then back on the march. I was let go early in my career in another profession. One of my exec mentor told me that it happens and that you just need to keep moving forward.

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You don't want to work at a company that fires/lays off people with no warning on a yearly basis anyway. Hope you get back on your feet very shortly!

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What’d you do that got you fired?

P9, OP means one “Partially at Level” across all snapshots. Average is close to “Partially at next level”. I guess it gets inflated a lot. An impact rank 5 person has an average of 3.9, or maybe OP gets unlucky due to group performance.

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Relax. This happens to best of resources

Not true SBC1. I’ve seen someone get fired from a company where the culture was a terrible fit for them and go on to be incredibly successful at a competitor with a different culture.

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Now is the time to try something new

Severance ?

What vertical and practice OP?

How much a heads up did you get before this happened? Or did you find out by surprise?

Damn, harsh

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