Was Just Laid Off Today....

[Beemo3780]

I'm in absolute shock. I was supposed to have a meeting today at 10am, and instead I was called by my HR dept to tell me that they eliminated my entire department. I was being laid off. I couldn't even hear the woman speaking to me, because I was having a panic attack and she was just reading from some script with no emotion at all. I felt like I was on another planet.

I just bought a house, I have a teenage daughter that I support with no help that is having a major surgery that I could barely afford this week. I'm losing my health insurance when everything is a huge mess right now in my country with health insurance.

No warning at all. I was just given a raise a month ago, a bonus last week, and now they said they no longer need my department. Everyone in my department was in shock, we've all been there 10+ years. And they did it so heartlessly. Not one of my managers was there. Not one of the higher up directors. Just a lady from HR that no one even knew.

I work in IT in the healthcare field. I was essentially let go because of the health care changes being discussed in the Trump administration. They wanted to be able to prepare for the future. It had nothing to do with my job performance or anything. I just can't believe it.

My job kept my PTSD in check. I kept busy, and in contact with people, and all that stuff. Now I'm so worry about what will happen.

 

[Freedomfighter]

Holy cow, certainly might want to think about legal help, not sure if they can do that. I was aware that the new administration will hit very soon, with many many distraught victims following.

I lost employment like that before:

You are not alone, I have been fired for the following personal reasons that were then explained as factors that had to do with me failing to comply with company rules:

Before I have been laid off or fired because I resisted a work related stalker.
Have been fired before because I resisted some really messed up female sexual harassers at work.
Have been fired from a full time job with the explanation that it was only a seasonal part time job.

What I am saying is this: they can think of any lame excuse to lay people off. I too have lost my health insurance, but have since then used that setback to go into homeopathic treatments. Now I make my own medicines. Do I look back on those mishaps? Nope, no sir, got me to a better place.

I am now researching further into health emergency plans that only cover necessary hospital events if something like that is needed.

I know how distressing a sudden layoff is and how angry one is when one realizes that they are a great worker and that the managers and stock holders are only getting rid of people because THEY still want their big paychecks.

That is often all it is: they will fire the workers first before they want to let go of a single cent in their bonuses and other packages the workplaces offer. Since they are higher on the ladder, and often they only got there because they cheat the system every day, then they can simply get you out before they have to suffer, that is the real reason.

Please do not despair, there are alternatives to health care and the only thing one can do is to put immediately all of their energy into finding employment, or perhaps even turn into an entrepreneur that is then turning into their competitor. That is what I did, boy do I enjoy that, hihi.

It might also be a necessity to search for several part time jobs: that allows you to not really be caught in the same scenario where an employer might fire people because of health care costs. It allows you to also have more freedom, if you get fired from one part time job then you still have the income from another part time job to at least hold your head over water.

Yep, that is how one has to think in these times.

 

[Beemo3780]

The director of my department was apparently bragging yesterday about how great her budgets will look for the quarter. It was just so heartless and cold. They wouldn't even allow people that had been with the company for over 30 years to grab their purses or jackets, they had security go to their desks for them. I'm so angry.

I worked my way up that company, and was making a really good living with nice benefits. All gone in a matter of 5 minutes. I may already have another job lined up in my field, but it's going to be a pay cut.

I dunno, I just feel numb, and sick to my stomach. I have 3 months of finances then I'm screwed if I can't find a comparable job. We just bought our house, so it's not like I have the option to downsize right now. Plus our mortgage would still be lower than any apartment I could find in our area.