Remember last month when I said all I wanted to do was get through May so life could balance itself back out in June? We all heard me say that right? I said this to my blog world, the universe and my family and friends. I was kinda due for a better month. Something got lost in translation.
I got laid off yesterday from a job I loved. I had been with the company for 2 years and I was going to ask for a raise this week.
It was the second round of layoffs in a week under the direction of a new CSO and there was no warning signs my department would get hit. We did. Me and three other senior level producers.
Just a word of advice- if you ever are asked to go into a room with your boss to talk and there's a woman or man you've never met before sitting with a folder- run the other way.
Everything happened in slow motion- even when I left the office at noon and started pounding JD and cokes at the nearest bar.
The boyfriend and a few friends met me out around 6pm. By that time I was pretty much drunk but decided champagne was a great idea. I cried and drank and laughed and drank.
My boyfriend took me back to his place in the suburbs and we hooked up for the first time in months. We both needed it and it actually did make me feel better. Today was a dark day for me. He went to work and I stayed in his bed for the entire day. Only getting up to pee.
I'm back at my place now and everyone's advice is floating in my head. Take time off, escape for a few weeks, go to Boston, go to London. I'm scared to switch off, even for a day. I worked so hard to get to this point in my career and I was literally just thinking to myself how much I loved my job and where I was at. I need to dive back in and start new but I'm still attached to where I was just yesterday.
I'm angry. I feel lost and confused but mostly sad. I don't know what to do or where to go. The silver lining is here somewhere. I'm meant to go somewhere and be a part of something else that I can't see right now. I want tomorrow to come but I'm really not sure what I'm supposed to do with it. Any ideas?
I am sorry you lost your job but it is not the end of the world. You probably more prepared for this than you realize. Sometimes it takes facing the scariest events in life to realize they aren't so scary.
ReplyDeleteI don't suggest taking time off. Use the time constructively. Network. While waiting and searching for new employment you can do some traveling.
This will work out for you.
I am so sorry for your news. Sometimes from the worst, comes the best. I know from experience that facing the bad stuff makes everything less scary, just as Bathwater so beautifully stated.
ReplyDeleteI hope this is the beginning of a new phase in your life. From your last few posts, perhaps a change isn't going to be the worst thing. Shaking things up can breed awesome results when the time is right and it seems like the time could just be NOW!