My best friend at the office got laid off today with the explanation that her position no longer exists in our office. I know as a staff we are replaceable and (see first comment)

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And OP, just like the fact that we're replaceable, the firms are replaceable as well. We get fired/laid off? Then we can find another job - a better one. Don't get too attached to the firm. They have you to benefit them, and we work there to benefit us for our career.

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Stop with the koolaid ^^

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OP said staff and "we". So they're staffs.

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That’s harsh. I️ wonder which office would do something like that. We take recruiting seriously and don’t hire someone we don’t need. There is always plenty of work to go around. The coach clearly did not handle well whatever it was that led to this.

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@ch1 we started together a year ago I’m just in a different business unit, she was always busy and fully booked for the next couple months

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It’s just part of corporate life but I’m still super bummed and feel a lot less excited to go to work tomorrow and going forward now

What kind of position?

Yeah agreed EY it’s just more of being bummed to lose a friend. I’m not concerned at all about her finding a new job nor myself if it was to happen to me.

Also, work besties are just that. I have had so many work besties leave the firm and live still goes on. Worse still, some don’t really make as much effort to keep in touch as much when you aren’t IMing each other all day at work.

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