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tintor
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Kindness, tech staffing and resource allocation
"It was literally the best possible scenario I can think of for getting laid off and it still fucking hurt to be let go"
Why was it hurting? You already committed to leaving.
notfromhere
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A layoff is a form of social rejection.
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Feelings are rarely rational.
ska
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There is nothing irrational about it being difficult having to accept your evaluation of your worth in the situation did not match theirs, even if it has no material effect on your income, etc.
vkou
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The same reason that getting dumped by someone who you were about to break up with can hurt.
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Why was it hurting? You already committed to leaving.