Relieved? Why do I still feel like I failed?

[the_gargoyle]

My company laid me off today. I am not surprised.

Actually, about 30%-35% of us. Economy, need to make business profitable, will call you back when we are above ground again, blah, blah, blah.

Still, I feel bad that the work I was doing, or trying to do, wasn't good enough to remain in the staff. Yet, one door closes and another opens and all

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at least you had a plan

[lightningrose]

file for unemployment, take the time to figure out the next step, and go from there.

Watch the news a bit. It is by no means Just You. (I have another lj friend, single mom of 2 kids, in the same boat... really frightening.)

*hugs*

Re: at least you had a plan

[the_gargoyle]

Right. Regroup, refocus, get back on the horse and move forward.

If this were to happen about 5 years ago, I would have been devastated- but in the present I mentally had prepared for this for months. Hoped for it, so that I could have the severance and unemployment options. In hindsite I do wonder if perhaps I gave off the vibe that I was not satisfied there anymore and that there was no fix for it. Maybe.

Got some killer references if they do any good in this area (Founder, President, one of the VP's). Plus my facebook asploded. Real question is, would stress of money and finding/training a new job be worth the toll on the family. The schedule is the hardest part.