I lost my job...Now what?

I lost my design job. Let's talk about it. Leaving the toxic stuff out but I’ll be as transparent as I can lol. How it happened, how I'm feeling, and what's next for me.

Thanks for watching ✨

[MarC-otgl]

Hi Robyn - Don't lose hope, I am confident that you will find another job before you know it. You are very articulate and give out a very warm and professional vibe! Being in Canada also, let me know if I can assist you in the job hunting.

[dynamo]

a layoff is almost a good thing if youre early to mid career, it forces you out of your comfort zone to go get a better job! i've seen the opposite too where someone just stays in their job for decades as other people run on by. Not good. we only have so long to be out there working!

[xdgsz]

When I first got laid off 4 years the first 2 weeks, I felt the world had collapsed beneath looking back, it was the best thing that happened to me because it gave me the opportunity to look for a better job working a 9-5 job at the comforts of my home, compared to a more stressful night shift schedule with a long commute in my old job.

[sstritmatter]

You’ve got a lot of good wisdom and can bounce back from negative events. Hope things have leveled out for you now.

[tonypadilla]

You are very wise, thank you for sharing your experience!!

[johnsmithsbedroom]

As someone who has survived multiple rounds of layoffs at a startup and now waiting for the company to be acquired, I have anxiety for all of you guys. Keep your heads up, the job market will never perfect but new opportunities always arise so there's always something out there you can try out.

[Ljoellexo]

I got laid off out of nowhere and im 99.9% sure it was because my manager had a personal problem with me. Besides having to deal with their anger issues which was bad enough, they ruined my reputation :(

[Minimal]

I got fired from a job for fighting a colleague, that was one of the best things to happen, it forced me to find a better job, which I did, and progress further in career. Sometimes bad things lead to good things.

[Bud_Emmer]

Keep your head up. A lot of companies are bleeding layoffs signal to consumers and investors that business is bad. They try to get people on a turnover process so it's "ohh they just are having a hard time finding people who are the right fit." You will go through many of these over your working life you will keep moving forward and it will be better the next round.

[jjstarrprod]

Hi Robyn.

Just discovered your channel (I kinda vagabonded to it through other videos of other people having recently been laid off), and yeah ! 2024 seems to be a brutal year !
I've been working in the animation industry for over 15 years, so layoffs and unemployement, sometimes for months, if not years in a row are nothing new to me.
But with all the Writers and Actors strikes from last year that essentially paralyzed the entire industry for half a year, and now the advent of AI which is prompting big studios like Dreamworks, Disney and Pixar to layoff up to 90% of their workforce in California (to relocalize it to Vancouver, cheaper and non-unionized), this year seems to be particularly gory for animation, VFX, and gaming industries.
And now, we're seeing tech is also bearing the brunt of it.

I'm sorry for you, but at the same time, good for you to be on the right mentality of taking it as the end of a chapter and the beginning of a new one.
Good thing for you that you've been saving and investing a lot these past few years (lol for your half-chinese plot twist reveal ^^. Just don't go and gamble it too much in the stocks. The market can also be a gruesome and thankless landscape to navigate. I'm 100% Taiwanese, and ethnically speaking, 96% of Taiwanese are basically long term Chinese expats in Taiwan, so I know full well the Chinese traits from the inside out ^^).

And sure, your bf might not understand yet because he just went through a massive win and haven't tasted a traumatic experience like getting laid off before, but definitely treat yourself. It is the end of a chapter of your life, so you might as well bring appropriate closure to it and lick your wounds, recover from the trauma (because yes, the first time is pretty traumatic), take some good well deserved rest and good care of yourself, before attacking the next chapter.

And who knows, maybe he might even appreciate the fact you have now some actual time to spend some more quality time with him ^^ ? (Now, don't let him get too used to it, though ^^)

[seankinnane]

you will learn in life no matter your work ethic if someone in a higher position has personal issues with you ...for whatever will get rid of you. The worse thing is HR will accommodate them. Just forget about the experience and move on.

[Justsay-in]

Great video. Best of luck in your job search.

[dalenjurgens]

I am a tech guy, though not professionally. I'm fairly well versed in a few things. But the state of the tech industry now, especially with AI in the forefront, makes getting a job quite difficult. I have never had a tech job, but I have been fortunate to exercise my programming skills in a recently previous job and it helped my people out tremendously.

I don't know what I want to do now, but I'm fairly sure it's not going to be in tech.

[dalsiec]

sending love and good vibes your way ❤

[markp]

Greetings from the Washington, D.C. area. Perseverance is the key. The unknown is more stressful than the known. Never give up. Another road is open.

[bingneedsalife]

Actually I totally relate to this video. I was laid off back in April, and I also celebrated my departure. I made sure I got a severance and UI. I'm also like you and I'm half Chinese so I'm ALWAYS thinking about money. :/

[xyyx]

When you mentioned the NVidia rollercoaster, reminds me when I purchased $5K @ $20/share in 2003 only to watch it get manipulated down to $10/share and held there while ATI skyrocketed for no reason... this went on for almost 2 years before the hedge funds allowed it to come back.

[skye]

Same thing happened to me, a private investment firm bought our company and laid off 30 percent of the company. Now I'm having a hard time finding another assignment.

[fullclipaudio]

I've been self employed for decades and the way you describe the modern day life of a worker bee makes my stomach turn. The job sounds like kindergarten. No wonder everything is in freefall collapse.

[mfrancisco_]

How could they lay on such a beautiful angel