It is normal to feel frustration, anger and pain if you lose your job unexpectedly. This is true especially if you have been working diligently and accomplishing your business goals despite increased workload, fewer staff and inadequate resources. Any significant loss causes pain and anxiety, and maybe grief and anger. Anger can motivate or distract. In this situation, it almost always distracts and confuses you.
You did everything they asked, and you did it well. You pulled a team together, and motivated them, and accomplished great things. And for that, your job was eliminated. What a terrible thing they did to you.
Who is “they.” Did a person wrong you? Did the company respond differently than you anticipated? Why did this adverse outcome happen? Is there any learning that you can take to your next position?
Take some time, work through the pain and anger, and prepare yourself for the task before you. The task before you is to find a new position that brings you personal and professional success. Establishing blame for what happened does not help. Companies do not feel an obligation to individual employees. They may have great benefits. They may offer you opportunities for advancement. But there are no guarantees.
Why waste time and valuable energy trying to figure this out further? If it will make a positive difference in your life, then there is value. If it does not, move on.
You have a lot of work to do. You have to take stock of your situation, identify your resources, and then find the new position of your dreams. Along the way, as you work through the situation over time, you will begin to feel differently about a lot of what happened. Time is a great healer.
So You Have This Opportunity takes this apart step by step and builds a logical process for getting through it.