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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
I got laid off on Christmas Eve of 2020 lol. I had just closed on a house 3 weeks prior. Luckily I got unemployment plus the Covid stipend which was actually more than what I was making when I was working. I laughed my ass off cause I still kept contact with some old employees. They said they were swamped with work and looking for workers… got to play duty with the boys for a few months and got a job that pays double what my old job did. Life is cool sometimes.
gpt
This happened to me in 2014-2015. Got laid off after a year as a contractor, life was already shit before then cause my parents didn't work and life seemed so bleak. Got hired a month later with 15k more in salary. Worked my ass off and strung along at new place for a promotion that was promised to me, then it went to somebody else that was offshores instead. I mean, I did get incremental pay increases but nothing too crazy. Immediately left and got 30k more in salary afterwards. Now I work 9-5. No more, no less. My health and family is more important, while I stay professional and true to what I'm being paid. That's it. Life is like that sometimes.