Such a horrible way to treat dedicated, hardworking employees. I'm about to hit the 14-month mark and still haven't landed the role I want. While I'm grateful for chance to seek clarity, build skills, and grow my network, the endless grind of job seeking has cast a huge shadow over my time off and I can't wait for some stability again. Glad you're rebounding and please keep the stories coming!
The grind is so real. While simple, I found creating a schedule that prioritized what I had neglected as an FTE (e.g. writing or developing frameworks) made that time more fulfilling. Those moments of clarity are critical to re-orienting your priorities - please celebrate them. And if you haven't looked into Futures - I find it to be an inspiring discipline that reminded there are many paths forward amongst the preferred future.
Oh no, what a horrible way to find out, Maya. But what a GENIUS response to immediately seek a physical outlet for the anger and have some fun. Best wishes to the person in your team who was pregnant at the time. All redundancies suck, but redundancy during pregnancy and maternity leave are the worst, and it shouldn't happen at such a vulnerable time in life.
Also, that payout was amazing. May we all get payouts like that.
Thank you. I can't agree more. I wish all layoff stories had a happy ending. Luckily both individuals on my team who were in precarious situations returned to Google within a few months.
Such a horrible way to treat dedicated, hardworking employees. I'm about to hit the 14-month mark and still haven't landed the role I want. While I'm grateful for chance to seek clarity, build skills, and grow my network, the endless grind of job seeking has cast a huge shadow over my time off and I can't wait for some stability again. Glad you're rebounding and please keep the stories coming!
The grind is so real. While simple, I found creating a schedule that prioritized what I had neglected as an FTE (e.g. writing or developing frameworks) made that time more fulfilling. Those moments of clarity are critical to re-orienting your priorities - please celebrate them. And if you haven't looked into Futures - I find it to be an inspiring discipline that reminded there are many paths forward amongst the preferred future.
Oh no, what a horrible way to find out, Maya. But what a GENIUS response to immediately seek a physical outlet for the anger and have some fun. Best wishes to the person in your team who was pregnant at the time. All redundancies suck, but redundancy during pregnancy and maternity leave are the worst, and it shouldn't happen at such a vulnerable time in life.
Also, that payout was amazing. May we all get payouts like that.
Thank you. I can't agree more. I wish all layoff stories had a happy ending. Luckily both individuals on my team who were in precarious situations returned to Google within a few months.