My company laid off a bunch of people yesterday and a few of my friends got affected. I have so little motivation to work today but I have a client meeting tomorrow :(

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Your motivation should probably be to not also get laid off

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Accenture 1 - there’s research on how layoffs have long term effects on morale for those left, even if it’s just strangers. Causes anxiety “am I next” and disrupts work flows - some people were contributing more than what the firm might have understood / calculated etc.

Also it’s normal to be sad when something bad happens to your friends … like …?

Feel your pain OP, during covid I was at Deloitte, out of a team of 10 like a horror movie, one teammate after the other was laid off each day, 2 of us were the sole survivors and I couldn’t get any sleep or motivation to work that week, it’s a process that you’ll just have to endure temporarily

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My boss got laid off in early covid days and it wrecked me for weeks. Just takes time

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I’m sorry to hear about your friends. What firm?

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It's a tech startup not a consulting firm

What company do you work for?

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It's a tech startup not a consulting firm

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