What would YOU do if you were terminated, not laid off nor downsized, from a high-paying,lucrative
career? Would you think that you are damaged goods, that everything you have achieved is OVER, and that your life will be bleak? Or would you feel that this so-called termination is just a door to more and better opportunities?
I'd lay on my couch in my bathrobe for a week and mope. Then I'd pick myself up and get excited about all of the possibilities. The wonderful think about not going to that job any more would be that I'd have plenty of time to think creatively about my next adventure.
I was terminated from a corporate position 12 years ago. The Friday I was let go, I sent out emails to all my contacts at other companies, letting them know I was on the market.
The following Monday, I had a phone call from the owner of a local publishing company, asking me to come talk to her. We chatted, I showed her some things, and ended up spending a month collecting unemployment while writing a book for her. At the end of the month, I turned in my book, and she hired me full-time.
I worked there for two years, paying off all my bills, and socking away as much cash as I could---and then, I quit, and went into business for myself. I've been on my own for 10 years, and the mortgage is still current, and there's food on the table.
Losing the cushy corporate job was actually the best thing that ever happened to me. I never would have made the leap into my own business by myself.
Beautiful response indeed, gives people hope, you are indeed blessed.
by Grace Marguerite Williams 9 years ago
How is a person who has been FIRED, not downsized nor laid off, from a career considered to bedamaged goods with very few, if any, opportunities of ever being rehired again?
by Suzie 8 years ago
Do U describe Urself as "Type A"/active & assertive, OR "Type B"/ laid-back, calm/cool & steady?Are you somewhere in between & what TYPE would that be?
by Grace Marguerite Williams 12 years ago
From A JobOlder generations such as the Lost , GI, and older members of the Silent generation portend that being terminated/fired from a job is worse than death and a career killer. They further maintain that once a person is terminated/fired, he/she has no career future to think of and at...
by Annette Thomas 13 years ago
Got the big ole left foot of fellowship today. Out the door, "Ya fired!" Looks like learning from my mistakes has always made me stronger, so just cause I got the boot doesn't mean I'm giving up. Darn, looks like they'll deny me unemployment since it was a...
by nikfaith92 12 years ago
ok, it's an older (maybe 80s) movie about this girl that wants to "get laid" over summer camp....she's sassy and smokes... think. What movie is this?!
by luckygyrl1005 15 years ago
If you get laid off from your job, how do catch up on all of your bills once you find work, and how do you juggle all of the past due bills?
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