Without going into all the stupid details, I was fired for the first time in my life from the role I was only in for six months or so. (I have been working for going on 20 years.) The job itself was fine, but the team was not. Specifically my direct manager and her sidekick. Way too much drama for a team full of adults. I had been searching for a job and have sent off hundreds of applications to no avail before my getting fired. Now I'm going on two weeks unemployed and really getting nervous.
This week, I had a couple of interviews with an old job I had, but I didn't get chosen. I feel like it probably had something to do with my being fired or how I answered that in the interview process, and all in all, I'm feeling pretty bummed out being in this position.
I am very privileged that I have the support I need to get by for some time and confidence that I will eventually find another job. But how have you all handled this? Should I bite the bullet and go apply at a Mickey D's somewhere in the interim? How do you let potential employers know yes, you were fired – but that doesn't define me as a person or my skills and experience?
Any and all advice is welcome considering all I want to do is file bankruptcy and go to sleep for a long time.