The writing is on the wall that my employers' days are definitely numbered, in mid-range double-digits. I give them ~60 days before they’re out of business. The hole they dug themselves into has been an issue for months, and the recent "
panicdemic" under way is causing them to go nuclear on layoffs in advance of a possible recession. I’m being directed to do what I have referred to as “cutting so deep, we will bleed out”. I expect to be laid off next week, because I’m refusing to lay off anybody else in my team (
we already cut the overseas team), knowing that it is not a sustainable scenario. The results will pretty much turn my life completely upside down, but I am hoping to focus on any ‘upsides’ that comes from that, and finding happiness in a lower paying and less stressful job I can rely on for the final quarter of this game called my life.
Update: I'm still employed while others including a really valued colleague are gone. This sucks. I'm torn between bitterness and gratitude that I'm still employed. For now. I'll take it day by day while holding onto the anticipation of an eventual life-chancing scenario.
