I have been downsized. I have been outsourced. I have been shitcanned. I have been determined to be a “”bad fit” at least twice. It's broken me.
I used to be one of those weird people who actually enjoyed working. No matter what the job always gave it 100%. Even when my job was nothing more than print shit out and deliver it to x destination, I was determined to be the best printer and deliverer the company had ever seen.
But with every unexpected job loss that passion has faded and now it's gone. In its place is this sense of brokenness and the knowledge that I will never again feel secure in my employment.
It shouldn't be legal, let alone accepted practice, for employers to throw their people away like used coffee cups. There should be laws in place dictating notice requirements and a minimum of 6mo severance with an option to extend to 1 year for long term and senior employees who may not be able to find new jobs easily.
I'm a person. Not a spare part.