What are the biggest lessons you've learned from being fired

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Keep your head down and shut up about stupid leadership decisions. 😊

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Don't waste my life working for a bad boss... should've quit long before he fired me

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Cover your back side. Not all coworkers are “friends”.

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This field has a lot of perks (great pay, flex schedule, etc). The lesson I learned was to be humble and not take the job for granted

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Morning! Being laid off sux, I been down this road 5x in my career it never bets easier.

Dust off contacts and make your rounds
* if you’re in a good position to take time off do some, seems we all need a mental break anyway

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