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Quotes for losing a job
Ten o'clock on a Tuesday, in the house, and nowhere you're meant to be. Your work laptop has gone back by courier. You still wake at the old time.
Then come the people. You have to tell your family, and the ex-colleagues who write kind messages you can't quite answer. At a party someone asks what you do, and a sentence you've said for years has stopped being true. Others say “it's only a job”, and it's rarely only that. It was the structure of the week, and a good part of how you described yourself, as well as the money you're now working out on the back of an envelope.
The lines for this stretch stay steady, and the words fresh start and opportunity are left to you.
The moments
- The first weekday with nowhere to be
- Saying the word redundant out loud to your family
- Being asked what you do
- Waking at the old time for no reason
- Going through the numbers on a quiet afternoon
- A cheerful message from someone still in the building
What people say helps
- Saying plainly that it's a loss
- Keeping some shape to the weekday
- Practical help from friends, like a contact or a read of the CV
“Everything happens for a reason” and “it's only a job” wave away the money, the routine and the sense of who you are.
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A gap on a CV is a date range. You're the rest of it.
You're allowed a walk at eleven. Nobody's checking.
You can miss a place you complained about daily.
Someone at the party asked what you do.
A title is a short answer to a long question.
Plenty of good people are filling in these same forms today.
You don't have to see the upside this week.
Sunday night feels odd with no Monday attached.
You owe no one a plan.
Tired from doing nothing is real. It's what upset feels like.
Being laid off is a thing that happens to good people, all the time.
The dog has no idea, and still thinks you're brilliant.
One old colleague texted. That meant more than they know.
The house sounds different at ten on a weekday.
You gave them years. It's fine that this hurts.
Fridays have lost their point for now.
Your old team's group chat carries on without you.
Some of the best people you ever worked with have been here.
Taking the help that exists is nothing to be ashamed of.
You looked at the price of a coffee differently today.
A five-year plan can wait. It's day three.
The school gates look different on a weekday.
An unanswered form is no comment on you.
Fifteen minutes on a video call, after all those years.
Being scared about money makes sense. Anyone would be.
They called it a restructure.
The advert wants a passionate self-starter. You want a lie-down.
Those years of good work still happened.
Your leaving card had lovely things in it. They're true.
Telling your parents was its own day.
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