I was let go for budgetary and restructuring reasons. Which I was shocked to hear but not surprised. They been talking budgetary problems for at least since the beginning of the year and I went through that once at my other place of employment so it’s a weird space to be in when you know cuts will likely be made. I was already overworked and the perception was I wasn’t doing half my job so it was a matter of time – you make mistakes, you piss off the wrong people and perception is reality so even though you never had a chance to have it fixed they probably cut you loose. I stayed longer than I should have bc I had a golden handcuff situation with my kid going to school at the place I worked so I got an employee discount. Timing is good for both of us since my kid is graduating (it’s preschool) but it made sense to go anyway. I enrolled my other kid but once I heard I was laid off I pulled his application and I’m getting a refund on funds paid.
I am taking it fairly well doing my work since I can work until the end of their fiscal year (June).
Until I was asked to post my job on the website today. My boss even said in the email that it was an awkward request but I said no not awkward but I can’t help feel weird. The job is the same. Different title and the new hire will report to two people instead of one. Salary is what I started with when I started four years ago.
I was ready to leave anyway but it kind of all feels gross. I’m doing my best to keep my head down and get to the end of June so I can move on. My boss was asking me about a big project and I was like “I thought you said you weren’t doing it?” And he was like oh yeah the ball is still in my court but I don’t want to work hard in my last month for them anymore.
The place is disorganized and I wasn’t really managed. I will admit I was busy a lot but got comfortable in their inability to plan or do anything strategically.
I guess this is all to say it feels weird and I guess I want to be angry about it but I’m not. I have friends that are angry for me or at thinking I should be. I ask them if I’m missing something or not getting something. Maybe just being lied to is what bugs me. Just fire me. Don’t tell me it’s budgetary and then post a job saving a measly $20000 (when they are $2 million in debt).