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Got laid off. Used that as an opportunity for a career pivot. Found my perfect role within 6 weeks. Good luck!
Fired from most jobs I held prior to BCG - usually because I was wanting more in one way or another. Each departure was quickly met with a new opportunity and each was a step in the right direction. Am now satisfied with where I’m at and have accelerated faster than people who stayed in the roles I was relieved from
I felt this so much.
Pretty sure i’ll be getting fired soon.
Chief
I got fired from a decent-paying, but ultimately bad job when I was 21. I'm glad it happened, because I may not have gone back to finish my degree otherwise.
Rising Star
Not fired, but close. Bad working relationship with supervisor
It was terrible at the time but highly influential and I’m better for it. Lots of lessons and mitigative behaviors learned
Know someone laid off from finance gig and started cool business. Went better for them after that. It wasn’t bad before but just better.
Chief
Fired or laid off?
Either one.
Fired from long term employer for prioritizing long- standing personal plans over company party. Do you think that place was toxic? Total blessing. Gave me KITA i needed to get a way better job.
Laid off twice - technology startups - both were emotional and traumatic but ended up with me in a much better place - emotionally and literally - each time
Got into consulting after the last one and haven’t looked back
Not me, but here’s an example from Adam Sandler: https://youtu.be/eghK5yMpNuc
The feel-good stories are overrepresented here.
I got laid off 2x. Neither was particularly good for my career. Spent a total of almost a year unemployed, which made me miss 100k earnings, deplete my savings and maybe delay my retirement by 1-2 years, but thank God I had savings to burn! Great new jobs were hard to find, so had to settle for less interesting work experience. Non-linear path, resume gaps and jumble of work experiences make exiting consulting now more complex than ideal.
Life still goes on, but a layoff that you don't expect and prevent can hurt, especially if you're job hunting in the middle of a great recession or pandemic.
Not a feel good story, bu there is something to be said about life not being over. Layoffs are not good for progression and almost will always come up in grad school interviews. But it is a ship that can be turned around. The feel-good part that I needed when I was laid off was that there is light at the end of the tunnel. As you may know being there yourself, it is very hard to see that post a layoff