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six months after my last workplace went bankrupt, i'm out again. an international consultancy firm took me and all my colleagues in from the failing business and we got raises and bonuses... and now i've been let go. only me.

they've not managed to sell my skills anywhere for six months, so the decision makes economic sense, but... that just makes me feel useless. evidently the local office feels bad because they decided to pay out this month's salary in full, but that doesn't really help with the self-esteem.

after all the shakiness of the bankruptcy and being lied to about great numbers leading up to it, i just wanted some stability. but fuck me i guess.

...so how's your day?

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[-] MakingWork@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Remoterocketship.com

Hang in there. Your work and job don't define your self-worth or who you are.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 12 points 1 month ago

this may be a weird opinion to have here but i don't really want to work remotely. i want the option to do it, but i don't really want to do it, if that makes sense. i've been in so many jobs that just had me running up and down the country that i just want to be sat with my colleagues in the same room working on a thing together. i've not gotten the chance to do that since 2020.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 1 month ago

okay two things about that link,

  1. wow the salary situation is crazy. i'm like top 10% in my country with $60k a year and all positions that are outside europe start at $150k, but
  2. they don't even have my job description on there. probably because it's hard to work with hardware remotely.
[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

America is a wild land of extremes. In much of the country the median household income is around 40k but then in nany major cities 40k would barely cover rent. And highly skilled work can pay really bonkers salaries well past 100k

[-] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 1 month ago

yet another reason i'm not really interested in working for an american company... the benefits are too good locally.

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