My layoff story

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Been reading on reddit all the horror stories of highly-paid jobs like IT...paying 150k or more a year. A salary I could dream of. I've been sitting here today, thinking of my layoff that upended my life and still negatively reverberates thru my current life.

In 2005 , I finally secured a dream job being a hospital librarian for a big 54k/yr . I was shocked by the generous pay! I'd been working so hard training and interviewing and taking courses applying for jobs...landed it. I was the only person doing my job for 3 hospitals, got teriffic ratings from doctors, my boss.

A new Ceo came in. He bankrupted a community hospital in CA that closed. Locals came out to denounce him. so of course he failed up with a huge salary, house, and
country club membership as part of his compensation at my hospital in the SE. After 5.5 yrs of hard work, I was called in by my kind boss and told i was being let go. I started to cry. They'd escort other staff off property, but I asked to leavr immediately. I never kept any personal items at work, so I just grabbed my purse and walked. They laid me off right b4 the holidays in the middle of melanoma treatment. Four months later, I got a comparable job and lost 25k in salary, Id gotten a big raise bc they didn't hire a 2nd librarian.

I left there after a yr. Found out my replacement would be laid off due to a hospital merger. These places do not gaf whose lives theyre destroying. Took my last job became disabled. If I could have kept my good job still, Id have a large 403b and prob my own condo. Almost bought. Would have lost it. The number of ppl laid off was small. But I was the only one in my dept given the hook. I was the only person doing my job for 3 hospitals. My life was great, then it all went to shit in 5 minutes. I should let it go, but I'm still bitter. I mihgt not be sitting here disabled if that didn't get done to me.

Again, they can destroy workers' lives and not even think of it. I got small severence. American dream. I did all the stuff Americans are told you do to succeed. And it was all bullshit. My story.