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Losing A Job Is Painful Business

© Cheryl Lewis

As women with many responsibilities it's often easy to let outside stresses affect our whole attitude. I've noticed myself doing this a lot lately. It's even more difficult when you're dealing with the pain of losing your job.

I've been in a position where I have dedicated my time and energy and countless numbers of hours working for a particular company. I was recently told that I would be replaced. Ironically, until my replacement was chosen and hired they wanted me to stay and continue to do my job to the best of my poor abilities. Talk about a slap to the face and a kick to the stomach.

This has really been a very difficult position to be in. At times I have cried and my children have asked why. At times I have been so angry it's a good thing the boss wasn't standing in front of me because I would have pinched his nose - really hard! Again my children have asked why I was so angry, what was wrong. At times I have just been really sad, and my children ask why.

How do I explain to my children that I feel betrayed by a company that I have dedicated years of service to. That this company has gone out of its way to humiliate me, not only in our office but in another company's office where I have dealings as well. How do I explain to my children that with some company executives it doesn't really matter how well you do your job, only how well you say "yes sir".

What do I say to those other people who tell me I'm making myself upset without cause and that my feelings are unnecessary? How do you deal with your feelings so they don't affect your home life? If the company offered you a demoted position do you stay in that position they so "generously allowed" you to have or do you walk away? What do you say to a group of executives who absolutely do not care one way or the other how they've made you feel or what they've done to you? How do you explain your departure from the company on your resume?

Lots of questions and very few answers. Lots of emotions and very few ways to deal with them. Losing a job is painful and that doesn't even count the dollar signs that are involved.

I wonder if the fact that people and the way we treat each other is so much less important than the almighty dollar sign, is a contributing factor to the decline of our world. It has certainly contributed to the painful decline in my small world.

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