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2016 was a banner year for me both professionally and personally. The birth of my daughter in August was amazing to say the least and with my career going nowhere but up, the future was looking bright for my family. We were easily going to be able to afford my wife being a stay at home mom. Especially when I was approached by the bosses (in summer of 2016) at my firm if I was willing to take on more work for a pretty sizable raise. I couldn't say yes fast enough to provide even more for my family. The office was growing leaps and bounds, we hired 3 more people since my hiring back in 2014, so more and more opportunities were going to be possible!
The end of the year came and I got a bonus for exceeding sales projections that were laid out for me the year previous. Yearly evaluations were around the corner as well which meant another raise to make things even better for my family and I. I was called up to my evaluation during the first full week of January (or so I thought) at 4:50 on Monday. My manager and I went into the owner's office, sat down, and they dropped the bomb on me. They were firing me without cause, here's 6 weeks of severance, and be on your way.
I was crushed beyond words. I had a 4 month old daughter at home and a wife on maternity leave. That drive from the office to my home, I felt numb. My wife was nothing but supportive when I told her. We had a good amount of money saved up, plus my severance, and her maternity leave pay to top it all off. I decided to keep my ear to the ground and look for jobs, but also enjoy this unexpected time off to raise my daughter for a bit and spend time with her.
Interviews though were few and far between, but eventually 4 months after being let go, I got a position with another office. I had to take a bit of a pay cut, but should be back to where I was in a year or so.
This all leads up to what happened last night.
I got a text from a former co-worker of over 7 years ago, asking me how things were at my former office before being let go. I told her that things were good there and I was really sad to be fired. She then linked me to a posting showing me that my old office is hiring for my position and asked me if she should apply. I in turn texted a couple of my former co-workers at the office to ask them if someone got let go or if there was any shakeup there, and they both said nothing has happened.
So I pretty much see the writing on the wall and it affirmed my first suspicion when I was initially let go that I was, in the owner's eyes, "making too much". Even though it was them who asked me to take on more work and they gave me the raise in the first place.
I have a great position with a new company, but I can't help but feeling betrayed and treated like I was just a line on a balance sheet with my former employer. I get that people get dismissed or there are job cuts all the time, but this clearly isn't the case here when they're hiring again. Should I even care to begin with?
My thanks for reading up to this point. In gratitude, here's a picture of my daughter and I out for lunch last week. Needless to say, the future still looks bright!
The end of the year came and I got a bonus for exceeding sales projections that were laid out for me the year previous. Yearly evaluations were around the corner as well which meant another raise to make things even better for my family and I. I was called up to my evaluation during the first full week of January (or so I thought) at 4:50 on Monday. My manager and I went into the owner's office, sat down, and they dropped the bomb on me. They were firing me without cause, here's 6 weeks of severance, and be on your way.
I was crushed beyond words. I had a 4 month old daughter at home and a wife on maternity leave. That drive from the office to my home, I felt numb. My wife was nothing but supportive when I told her. We had a good amount of money saved up, plus my severance, and her maternity leave pay to top it all off. I decided to keep my ear to the ground and look for jobs, but also enjoy this unexpected time off to raise my daughter for a bit and spend time with her.
Interviews though were few and far between, but eventually 4 months after being let go, I got a position with another office. I had to take a bit of a pay cut, but should be back to where I was in a year or so.
This all leads up to what happened last night.
I got a text from a former co-worker of over 7 years ago, asking me how things were at my former office before being let go. I told her that things were good there and I was really sad to be fired. She then linked me to a posting showing me that my old office is hiring for my position and asked me if she should apply. I in turn texted a couple of my former co-workers at the office to ask them if someone got let go or if there was any shakeup there, and they both said nothing has happened.
So I pretty much see the writing on the wall and it affirmed my first suspicion when I was initially let go that I was, in the owner's eyes, "making too much". Even though it was them who asked me to take on more work and they gave me the raise in the first place.
I have a great position with a new company, but I can't help but feeling betrayed and treated like I was just a line on a balance sheet with my former employer. I get that people get dismissed or there are job cuts all the time, but this clearly isn't the case here when they're hiring again. Should I even care to begin with?
My thanks for reading up to this point. In gratitude, here's a picture of my daughter and I out for lunch last week. Needless to say, the future still looks bright!