I got laid off a few days ago for a job I hated but was terrified of losing. When I was laid off it was shocking, then it felt freeing, like a big burden or guilt was lifted off my chest. It almost felt euphoric… over the next few days it oscillated between euphoria, extreme anxiety, excitement depression, and thoughts of going homeless. Half the time I’m thinking>”This is a new beginning! You were only making 60k at that job and you were there for 3 years out of an Ivy League School, and you’re a CFA, you should be making way more money! You’ll get a 100k job!!!”Then an hour passes and>”The job market is cooked, if I got laid off of that bullshit accounting job then I have no chance of getting another, everyone on Instagram says the job market is cooked, may as well give up, when your parents and fiancés parents find out they’re going to think you’re a massive loser. You will be homeless. Nobody cares about CFA anymore, you don’t know coding or advanced math, and Dartmouth is a bullshit Ivy League anyway. You’ll never ever get another job ”I literally go between researching food banks in case I go hungry, and googling investment bankers to reach out to. I’ve never ever had issues with “mental health” but I’m starting to think I may be insane and realize how absurd it is to be so bifurcated.
>>34211979You'll be fine
>>34211992But how? Every employer asks what happened with the previous employer
>>34211992Also, job market today looks brutal. People are committing suicide
>>34211979This is normal for someone who's just laid off
>>34211979Assuming you live in the US or some country with similar systems. File for unemployment if you haven't yet so you can get at least some money for now.
>>34212019Just say you got laid offBeing laid off =/= being fired and employers will understandShow what you did good at your job
>>34212019There's more people with cancer than there are homeless. You're not going to be homeless, you will make it work somehow.
>>34212275How do you show that?
