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This is exactly what had happened to one woman who had had a long and successful career as a corporate buyer when her company decided they needed to make salary cuts, and therefore decided to get rid of her. Only a year out from retirement, the former employee relied on family help and unemployment payments to get by.
However, after she left the department that she worked for started to struggle, as many of her former colleagues quit. In the end, HR asked her if she would like to take her job back, and she negotiated a temporary contract with better benefits than before. She shared her story.
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They laid me off and the rest of the department quit.
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People applauded how things had worked out for her.
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'My phone rings, and it's HR asking if I'd come back': Company lays off employee of 8 years one year before her retirement, the rest of her department quits afterwards
It is an unfortunate reality of the working world that most employees are never truly safe from getting sacked.
Sometimes, this happens for valid reasons, such as poor performance or misconduct. Plenty of other times, though, people lose their jobs purely for the sake of cutting costs or achieving the vision held by an out-of-touch member of senior management. It isn't a pleasant experience, and it is something that all those who work should have a contingency plan for.
One of the few potential upsides in this situation is that a company may realize that they have made a mistake in their firing, and you can then be a witness to the consequences. It might not make up for the sting of being given the boot, but it can still be satisfying. Sometimes, it can even end up with a person getting their old job back—assuming they are willing to take it.
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