Being Laid Off: The Ultimate Car Crash
Getting laid off feels like a car crash. One second, you’re driving along, blasting some tunes and enjoying a nice voyage to your destination. The next? You’re helpless as you’ve been T-boned making a left turn, your car sputtering while the traffic—the world—stops around you. You’re helpless. You’re hopeless. You instantly think about the impending days. Here’s hoping you walk out of it unharmed, but it’s not over there; police reports, auto repair, potential lingering injuries and fighting for days on end with insurance to get your proper compensation fills your already busy schedule. And if your car is totaled? That’s a whole other ballgame. In one second, your entire day, week, month, year, or in extreme cases, your life trajectory, changes. One moment is all it takes. Much like an unplanned meeting with your department manager, HR representative or direct supervisor can do. On Tuesday, August 19 at 10:03 am CDT, this was my life-altering moment. After working a position that...