What do you do when you’ve been a solid contributor, valued member to a growing team, who always goes the extra mile, and gets positive praise daily from coworkers plus great reviews yet as a mid level production designer with a multitude of skills (who’s been knowingly underpaid but enjoys the freedom of working remote) has her creative director quit (who labored his team out of love) - domino effect, eventually their team falls apart and you find yourself being laid off “effective now”

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You wake up and realize most companies don’t actually care about you. And most companies will take advantage of productive workers without ever compensating them for extra responsibilities or hard work. Welcome to the real world, unfortunately.

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Sorry about your situation! Layoffs are never easy, but in advertising, I feel like they are inevitable despite your great contributions. It isn’t you, it is the industry. Time to use the connections you made to look for a new and better position. You will be fine! Hopefully you received some severance and file for unemployment immediately. On to bigger and better things!

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I’m really sorry. You don’t deserve that…

At this point, I think it’s time to ask yourself a few questions. Do you want to stay in this industry? Do you want to keep the same position?

Really take the time to assess your situation and how you feel as a whole. Plan your next steps from there. If you want to try something different, now is the time! Could be a sign.

Good luck! 🙌

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Really appreciate this one! Thank you!

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