What to Do After You Get Laid Off…

In recent years, the job market and economic fluctuations have resulted in numerous individuals facing the unsettling experience of being laid off from their jobs. In this video, we're delving into strategies and tips on how to effectively navigate and manage this challenging phase.

Losing a job can be an overwhelming and uncertain time, but it's crucial to understand that it's not the end of the road. Join us as we explore practical steps to cope with and bounce back from a layoff.

▼ Timestamps ▼
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00:00 - Preview
00:16 - A word from our guru...
00:31 - Introduction
02:49 - Corporations and constructed reality
07:04 - Self-esteem
14:46 - Allow yourself to grieve
16:37 - Conclusion

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[oliviac]

Thank you for calling it traumatic. I thought I was overreacting. It still hurts, but you stuff those emotions deep down inside and you fill out another job application. I'm dead inside anyway. May as well go be dead on the clock.

[RisingChaos]

This reminds me of one job I got let go from at the end of my 90-day probationary period. They hired me to do extra work they had, but they lost that work the first week I started. It was an open secret, but they put me on a bogus performance plan and then pretended I did a bad job instead of being straight with me. Luckily, or perhaps unluckily, it’s not the first time I’ve dealt with such BS so I could see through it and not have my self-esteem too hurt, but it still rubs me the wrong way how they treated me.

[channeling]

Because of my ADHD I’ve been fired around 15 times. Before I got my diagnose at 29. I’m 34.
I haven’t been fired after that.
CPTSD is something I struggle nowadays for so much mistreatment about something I couldn’t control if individuals in my inner circle would’ve really cared.

[Beenters]

Man Dr.K I swear everytime Im questioning something you upload a relevant video

[NathanN]

That intro scared me WTF. I love the new look Dr. K

[Aristochronic]

Interesting timing on this video, I just got fired from my job a few days ago. It’s funny because my ego hasn’t been affected by the firing all that much because 1. I know exactly why I was fired and 2. I really really hated that job. I’m more concerned about the loss of income than the loss of the job itself. In fact I was planning to start looking for a new job in Jan anyway. More than anything I’m mad at myself for not finding a new job and moving on before they had the opportunity to fire me.

[jeffreyparker]

I was fired several years ago and the only thing that they would give for a reason is "We discussed this". I have very little idea what they meant by that and they refused to elaborate on it. While I would call it traumatic, I didn't really feel like I needed to take time. I calculated things out and figured I had about 2 months before money was an issue and I started applying for jobs. Within a week I had a new job that paid quite a bit more. I pretty much just accepted right away that I lost my job and knew exactly what I needed to do to make sure that I didn't become homeless or anything.

[lastnamefirstname]

Last month, I was laid off after being sick with covid. I followed the proper procedure, but because I was still in my probation period, they didn't care. If I knew they would fire me, I would've came in sick. I'm still pretty devastated because it was a well paying job. At this point... I'm just burned out from living. I don't want to end it, and I know it wasn't my fault, I'm just tired of life in general.

[milkopilko]

the fact that it's mindblowing that the more incompetent the company is, the more incompetent you feel may be transferrable to parenting as well. the more incompetent the parents, the more incompetent the child will feel.

[pooky]

I got laid off from a job for the first time ever the day after coming back from a trip to visit my family. They found out I had made a mistake, which I usually never did but I felt like it triggered an opportunity for them to lay me off, that they were waiting for one. Frankly, even though the team was good and it was a good job with generally good conditions, I was thinking of leaving myself as well and it felt liberating to finally leave. For the few months prior, I did not feel like I my input was respected as it should. Got laid off a year after I got promoted. I was working in a new clinic in development, I was with them since the beginning and as they were growing, they did not have very good structure for many things and I've figured out now that they are so many elements that they did not know about administration procedures of a clinic (and I didn't know either at the time).

Although I had made a mistake, because of the few years I spent there in good terms, they laid me off in a "nice way". They told me that I could either leave with sevrance or that I could be demoted and continue working there on probation but there was no certainty that I would get my previous role back. For my own dignity and health I decided to leave. This time off is giving me time to figure out what I want to do in life and I joined a fitness program which I am thrilled about. It took me about a month to start looking for a job again because I started getting bored. I haven't been called yet but I am so not excited for job interviews, they stress the hell out of me and I don't feel like I can project my real self and potential properly, it just feels like a test.

I think I got laid off because:
1 Financial reasons
2 The job was not the best fit for me at the moment
3 They were waiting to lay me off, they had something in the back of ther mind, maybe hire somebody new or distribute my responsabilities to others

4 They didn't know what the f they were doing :D

[metagrazer]

It's interesting seeing how these same ideas parallel finding a job in the first place. It feels like a graduated at the worst possible time. Finding a job in my field has been endless heartache, and every rejection email feels like those companies are looking into every aspect about me and telling me I'm not a good enough person to hire. But in all honesty it can be a number of factors, maybe the person reading my resume was on their 5, 000th one and just pressed skip, maybe they didn't really read the subtext and just looked if the person had any experience, maybe companies hiring junior roles want people with experience and want to pay a junior price. I've thankfully had many mentors help me understand that getting a conversation is the goal. Only then will you get a bigger picture to better construct a life around. It's not easy, I still don't have a job in my field and most days it feels like my career ended before it ever really started. But at least hearing things like this keeps pointing me in that direction even when I try to point myself away to an obvious defeat.

[sophiaisabelle]

We appreciate your honesty. You have great insights overall. May God bless you.

[jordanbrown]

Thank you for the data between heartless firings and company compitency. Just got laid off after 8 years my job and that truly helped ❤

[EntropyOfChaos]

As I can save from personal experience please is so true. Getting let go for my first company that was totally disorganized was a huge traumatic experience versus my second company where they try to encourage me as they let me go. And I was actually grateful to them as about a month and a half after they let me go, they gave me a reference to a company that happened to be looking for someone which got me my next job.

[flmejndor]

Unrelated, but I really love the warm lighting in the background!

[shawntco]

I was very abruptly laid off from my previous job in June. Abrupt as in, boss had me jump into a video chat with him at 9 AM and he informed me I was being laid off. He stressed it wasn't performance related, but was due to the economic downturn. I occasionally think to myself there might've been a couple things I'd done that would make me a target for a lay off, but in general I trust my ex-boss's words that it wasn't performance. Ironically, the lay off turned into a big pay increase when I started my next job 7 weeks later. I was pretty lucky in that regard.

[showtimeap]

Literally got laid off 4 days ago. Incredible timing. Very helpful and appreciative of your insight

[kailomonkey]

Good video. I've had nearly 3 years escaping, which has just made my worth even less. I had a boss that didn't value my department in general so it left scars. Several years before that I lost contact with most family and friends which was hard. Several years before that I lost my life partner before we even got a start. I was 27 then, I'm 41 now; and I still believe in love and compassion and enthusiasm and reliability, but that's probably not the vibe I give off. Because I'm broken.

[itmecube]

I've been laid off for almost a year now struggling with stress management and poor self-esteem while also grieving the loss of a parent. This has helped me feel better about my situation and my value. I've been trying to feel more of my self-worth by staying true to my own promises to myself, but also forgiving myself when I don't meet them. "What would I say to a friend going through the same situation?" is a thought that tends to level me out.

[AlexAnteroLammikko]

With the thumbnail and the fact the last word in the sentence gets cut off it just looked like "What to do when you get laid"and Dr enjoying himself.