Job Loss Quotes

“Sometimes to change a situation you are in requires you to take a giant leap. But, you won't be able to fly unless you are willing to transform.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Does anyone actually love their job?”
“You’re too young to be that cynical.” He chuckles. “Did you at least like the people you worked with?”
“Not really,” I admit. To be honest, I can’t remember the last time I didn’t have to drag myself out of bed, or didn’t watch the hours pass. I loved the feeling that came as I switched off my computer and grabbed my coat each night.
“Maybe being forced out is a good thing, then.” He grins at me.
“Yeah. Maybe.”
― K.A. Tucker, The Simple Wild

“-the bank recently introduced a new system that automated many tasks in my role as a risk analyst and therefore my position has been eliminated; I’m an exemplary employee and this is in no way a reflection of my performance; the company will provide me with ample support during the “transition.”
I might be the only person in the history of mankind to eat an entire banana while losing her job.
The “transition” would begin immediately. As in, I wasn’t allowed to go back to my desk, to collect my things, or to say goodbye to my coworkers. I was to be walked down to the security desk like a criminal and handed my belongings in a box, then shown the curb.”
― K.A. Tucker, The Simple Wild

“Four years of fussing over spreadsheets until my eyes hurt and kissing egotistical traders’ asses in hopes that I could count on a good word come promotion time, staying late to cover for other risk analysts, planning team-building activities that didn’t involve used bowling shoes and all-you-can-eat MSG-laden buffets, and just like that, none of it matters. With one impromptu fifteen-minute meeting, I’m officially unemployed.”
― K.A. Tucker, The Simple Wild

“Hunkering down includes the narrowing of your focus. Lessening your distractions. Keeping the main thing the main thing. Staying on task. It involves keeping your mind set, from the beginning, on the joy that will come with reaching your goal at the end.”
― Brenda McDearmon

“First the AI came for the lawyers’ jobs, and I did nothing, because it was funny. Then the AI came for the journalists’ jobs, and I again was passive, because it was hilarious. Finally, the AI came for Human Resources’ jobs, and I actually did something—I laughed heartily.”
― Jarod Kintz, Eggs, they’re not just for breakfast

“Someone who would bear my shock, reflect back my outrage, so I could see it better, feel more than this electric numbness.”
― Jennie Fields, The Middle Ages

“The fact is that when it comes to job loss, you and I need to prepare for it more than we have. Employment statistics aren’t necessarily doom and gloom, but they do serve as fair warning. Layoffs occur. Downsizing happens. What seems so secure one day can take a drastic downturn overnight.”
― Brenda McDearmon, The Big Hunker Down - 7 Take Cover Strategies to Weather the Storm of Job Loss and Keep Your Destiny out of the Bar Ditch

“So often the experiences that define us are the ones we didn't pick. Cancer. Betrayal. Miscarriage. Job loss. Mental illness. A novel corona virus.”
― Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear