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A few weeks ago, I was called into my superiors office with my supervisor and the head of the company. I got the news that i had been let go due to budget cuts. I was devastated and took it hard. I was given severance and withing an hour, i packed up all my things said goodbye to my co-workers and left.

I got home, had lunch, a strong beer and took a nap. a few hours later i had found out that my grandmother had died.

This was not my day.

Some thoughts...The job: It was something i never liked it 100%. some parts were good some parts were just abortions. I had received training but not much of it and i was left to my own devices with little oversight/feed back. My co-workers were disrespectful to me at times and because of it. I messed up almost every other week since I tried to do something and it ether went right no matter how hard I tried. I got a good lesson in office politics and i find it to the biggest load of crock as my experience as a human on this dustball called Earth. I kept to myself in the group and did not have much social interaction but when i did it would come of strange. 9 times out 10 after a day at work i felt miserable and would always be afraid of coming into work the next day.

I fell as if the company that let me go is using the 'budget cutbacks' line as a cover up as to my bad performance. I would always work closely with my supervisor on how can improve on different aspects of my work. I kept wishing to myself as i was working "please get me out of here" or "Please let this day be good" and now that has come to pass and i am now back on the job hunt. There is a plus side to it though, i am getting more calls/emails than when i was looking for work 1 year ago. I am hopeful that i will be ale to find something more in tune to my liking.

The passing of my grand mother: It was hard news to get. i knew she had been in declining health for sometime but i did not expect it do so in such short amount of time. The wake and funeral services were tough on me and pushed me to my mental and emotional limits. I was able to reach out to family and friends and they were able to pull me out of my decent before

This double blow knocked my out mentally and emotionally for days. It took me a week of sleeping, watching anime,meeting with friends to get back up and going again. As i am writing this i am back to my old self, on the mend and looking for work.

Real life if biting hard...but i can bite back

I'm sorry for the loss of your grandmother. Something like that is never easy to take.

With regards to your job, since it sounds like you didn't particularly enjoy your last job, think of this as an opportunity to look for something better. Best of luck in your search!

I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother, but it sounds like you are coping much better now.

On the job front - I think it was a blessing in disguise - it really sounds like you wanted to get out of there, and so I'm glad that it happened for you - so that now you can get into a job that you really actually WANT to be in and that makes you feel better about yourself.

Sorry about your grandma. That must of been a tough one-two punch to get in a day.

But I think you're better off without that job. It doesn't sound like it was a proper fit for you. I don't know if I agree that they were disguising a reason to can you for doing poorly. Most employers have no reservations about sacking a bad employee and letting them know the reasoning in no uncertain terms. That being said, I think you'll do better looking for a job that's a better fit for your skill set. The bright side here is that you do have this to quantify as "office experience" on your resume.

I do have to say, you seem to be incredibly resilient given the circumstances. I think that's quite admirable.

That is a bad day, I am sorry.

Just remember, a door never closes without a window opening. It just might not be evident right now.

Thanks for all the kind messages. I have fully recovered and i am taking my job hunting with a strong vengeance. I have an unbreakable inner strength that shines every time that I am put down in a case like this. I started looking for work this week and i was off to a very good start. I put my revamped CV on Monster and i started to get alot of calls for interviews. It has been slow today and yesterday but i have been keeping it up on my end. My determination to rise up again will never deter.