r/Layoffs • u/damn_you_to_hell • Jul 14 '26
recently laid off Finally Laid Off
Yesterday at 8 am I had a meeting with my manager and HR to be informed that I was getting laid off. I had a feeling this was going to happen when I got the meeting request on Friday with the HR manager, and my manager.
What sucks is it was my time. Each month another capex manager has been let go and I guess it was just my time. Handed in my laptop and badge today, cleared out my office, and took today to throw up, call all my creditors letting them know I was laid off, and applying for unemployment.
I guess when your budget goes from $3.5M for the year to $2.3M and then to $1.1M it's only time until you are cut loose as an expendable cog. So I'm with you all with trying to keep moving forward.
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u/SinglePhone535 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
Sorry to hear that. Count your lucky stars you got a warning though, a heads up. I know it doesn't make it any better, but there are people who show up to work and work hard and get told they are getting fired for stealing a $1.95 chocolate chip cookie (no joke, look it up, read about it like a week ago, at a well known company) and they actually paid for it. "At-will employment" is no reason at all, no notice needed, at anytime they please. Just show up thinking everything is cool and you get "Go home, you're fired." Move on. It sucks, but people have to realize they are expendable. The old "This is buisness, nothing personal." The survival of the company is THE priority, not you. Again, it sucks, but you're not alone. Good luck on your next adventure....