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How has the world of work traumatized you?

I’m genuinely curious about this. I was informed I’m being let go this Friday. The meeting with my manager was a “tag up” and the moment I walked in and heard “I have legal on the line” I knew it was over. Now I have a list of traumas from this job (I was at for 3 months) and my previous job and my retail jobs. I’ll go first but how did work traumatize you? – Every tag up will feel like I’m being fired or laid off – Don’t talk about your life, or decorate your office – Everyday could be your last, never be comfy – Never talk about how stressed you are – Never take time off – Despite good feedback I was given bad feedback at termination so I’ll never think good feedback is real – I rush to get groceries on the belt and into…


I’m genuinely curious about this. I was informed I’m being let go this Friday. The meeting with my manager was a “tag up” and the moment I walked in and heard “I have legal on the line” I knew it was over. Now I have a list of traumas from this job (I was at for 3 months) and my previous job and my retail jobs. I’ll go first but how did work traumatize you?
– Every tag up will feel like I’m being fired or laid off
– Don’t talk about your life, or decorate your office
– Everyday could be your last, never be comfy
– Never talk about how stressed you are
– Never take time off
– Despite good feedback I was given bad feedback at termination so I’ll never think good feedback is real
– I rush to get groceries on the belt and into my basket and check out as fast as I can (cashier days)
– I’ve learned to never make friends at work
– Never talk negative about anyone even if you are HR and doing an investigation even if it’s true and important to the investigation
– Don’t be yourself. I was told to be me, made me a culture unfit and I was fired

I could go on and on. I was just fired as an HR manager and I’m crushed. I was there for 12 weeks.

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