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The Day I Lost My Job
It was an ad-hoc 1:1 call setup right before a holiday break. It’s never a good thing to have ad-hoc 1:1 calls set up without an agenda, and I sensed something was off.
It wasn’t that I was doing a bad job. In fact, I was doing very well and was offered to move to a new role in a new country. However, I wasn’t ready for relocation as the kids are young, and moving will be difficult. In hindsight, I should have moved.
The Call
It took about 15 minutes. There wasn’t much to be said. I was told I did a great job with the project, but as the project winds down, the role will be moved, and I can either relocate or I’ll need to find something else.
It wasn’t a clean cut, there were options that I could try for in the local office, but it’s just not what I had in mind.
It didn’t feel like much at that point in time. Honestly, I didn’t know what to make of it. It didn’t feel like I did anything wrong or was bad at my job. It was just circumstances.
The Emotions
My emotions took some time to kick in. In fact, it was only the next day when I started feeling the anxiety of the news. I tried to rationalize what had happened, but I always arrived at the same…
