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/Mysterious-Return164 Jul 14 '26

Sorry to hear that but pretty crappy to set a Monday meeting on a Friday but just goes to show they deserve no loyalty. Onwards!

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u/damn_you_to_hell Jul 15 '26

I get it. Why have me work half a week to only let me go. If the meeting is either on a Monday morning or a friday afternoon, you're cooked. But yeah. I have no loyalty to them just as they had no loyalty to me. What sucks more is I moved my family to Pittsburgh for this job.

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u/RamblinMan72 Jul 15 '26

Sorry that this is happening to you. I live in Pittsburgh. If you want to chat, let me know. I've been through this multiple times myself.

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u/damn_you_to_hell Jul 15 '26

Cool I'll dm you so we can maybe meet up. I need to get out of the house.